Question

Which of the following statements about bee colonies is wrong?
A.Domesticated species are A.indica and A.mellifera
B.Sex differentiation is due to haplodiploidy
C.They are female dominant societies
D.Fertilized eggs develop into sterile females only

Answer 1

Hint Bees are used extensively in the field of animal husbandry. The honey bee queen controls the sex of its offspring as the eggs pass through the ovary into the oviduct.

-The queen determines whether a particular egg is fertilized or not. Unfertilized eggs become drone honey bees. While fertilized, the eggs develop into female workers and queens. -Female workers do not mate but they lay infertile eggs, these infertile eggs in turn become male honey bees.
-A drone is a male honey bee. Unlike the female worker honey bees, drones do not have stingers and they gather neither nectar or pollen. A drone's primary role is to mate with an unfertilized queen.
-The queen bee is typically the adult, mated female that lives in a honey bee colony/ hive. -She is usually the mother of most of the bees in the beehive. Queens are developed from specific larvae selected by worker bees and specially fed with beebread (a mixture of pollen, nectar, and honey) in order to become sexually mature.
-The bee colony is a female dominant society.
-Parthenogenesis is the development of an organism without fertilization, it is due to the repeated division of a diploid gamete (ovum). It is seen in honey bees, turkeys, some geckos, etc.

Correct Answer: Option D: Fertilized eggs develop into sterile females only

Notes:
-A worker bee's waggle dance involves running through a small eight like pattern. This waggle run is followed by a turn to the right to circle back to the starting point. The bee dance is usually to demonstrate the distance of potential food and honey to its colony
-The hive of a bee colony is hexagon-shaped; this prevents oozing out of honey from it.