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What is royal jelly? How is it different from bee bread?

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Royal jelly is a protein-rich food secreted by the hypophyseal glands of young workers for feeding the queen, whereas bee bread is prepared by adult workers for all the members of the colony.
Bee bread is a mixture of honey and pollen.

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What is royal jelly? How does it differ from bee bread?

Q. Select the correct statements regarding honeybees.
(i) The queen bee and the worker bees develop from fertilised eggs and are sexually females.
(ii) Males (drones) develop parthenogenetically. from unfertilised eggs.
(iii) Queen bee feeds upon royal jelly and the worker bees feed upon bee bread.

Q. Select the correct statements regarding honeybees.
(i) The queen bee and the worker bees develop from fertilized eggs and are sexually females.
(ii) Males (drones) develop parthenogenetically from unfertilized eggs.
(iii) Queen bee feeds upon royal jelly and the worker bees feed upon bee bread.

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