Question

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct with respect to the honey bees?

• A. They are social insects.
• B. Colonies consists of queen, workers and drones.
• C. They live in colonies.
• D. Workers are the fertile female.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (C)

The correct options are
A They are social insects.
B Colonies consists of queen, workers and drones.
C They live in colonies.

Honey bees are social animals and always live in colonies. Their colonies consists of one queen, several thousands of workers and few hundreds of drones. Workers are the sterile females. They have indoor as well as the outdoor duties. Indoor duties like secretion of royal jelly, feeding of the brood and outdoor duties like collecting nectar, pollen and water.