Question

Worker bees are
(a)Sterile bees
(b)Fertile bees
(c)When the queen is absent then acts as fertile bees
(d)Sterile drones

Answer 1

Hint: They are flying insects that are used for pollination and are best known for producing honey. They feed on nectar and pollen which is the source of energy for protein and other nutrients. Humans collect honey from honey bees and have kept the honey bee colonies which are known as hives.

Complete answer:
Worker bees are the sterile bees that lack the full reproductive capacity of the colony’s Queen bee. it occurs in many species other than honey bees and is the most familiar colloquial use of the term. They gather pollen on the back legs to the pollen baskets and carry it to the highway where it is used as food for the development of brood. The pollen the carry on their bodies can be carried to another flower where a small portion can rub off onto the pistil which results in cross-pollination. This up nectar through the proboscis and carry it to the Hive where it is stored in the wax cell and evaporates into honey.

Additional Information: Drones are the male honey bees that do not have stingers and they do not gather nectar or pollen. They mate with an unfertilized queen. They carry only one type of allele at each chromosomal position. Day divides to generate haploid cells which are known as gametes during the development of eggs within a queen with 16 chromosomes. They result in a haploid egg having a new combination of alleles at various loci. Worker bees produce an unfertilized egg that gets developed into drones and the fertile offspring are known as thelytoky. The drone disperses a large amount of seminal fluid with spermatozoa with speed and force. The organ is turned inside out into the queen during mating. It lasts less than 5 seconds and is completed within 1 to 2 seconds. The meeting between the drones and Virgin queens takes place away from the colony and the mating sites are known as congregation areas.
So, the correct answer is ‘sterile bees'.

Note: Bees are the most important pollinators for flowers and fruits. The workers create a new Queen by selecting a young Lava if the Queen bee dies and feeds it a special food called Royal jelly which enables the Lava to develop into a fertile queen. Each bee consists of 174 odorant receptors which indicate that they have a serious sense of smell and they use it to communicate within the hive.