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प्रश्न
How bee colony works?
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उत्तर
Honeybees live in a colony and divide their tasks among different groups (castes) in the same colony.
Three types of castes in the colony of bees:
(i) Queen: The queen is the mother of the colony and is responsible for laying eggs. She lays up to 2,000 eggs every day of each season.
(ii) Drone: The main role of the drone is to mate with the queen and remain in the colony to sleep and eat honey. They stay in the hiv e only during the breeding season.
(iii) Worker: They are the most active members of the colony. They are responsible for almost all the work. They collect the nectar and change it into honey. They are of three types, namely scavenger bees, nurse bees, and foraging or field bees.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Higher Order Thinking Skill.
Each bee hive consists of hexagonal cells. Name the material in which the cell is formed and mention the significance of the hexagonal cells.
Name the following:
The largest bee in the colony.
______ is supplied by water to plants.
______ nutrients are needed in small quantity for plants and are called ______.
Types of pheromones which alert insects from any danger known as:
Assertion (A): The honey bee queen copulates only once in life.
Reason (R): It can lay both fertilised and unfertilized eggs.
______ and ______ give sweet taste to the honey.
______ is widely used in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.
Discuss the various nutrients present in Honey.
Does apiculture offer multiple advantages to farmers? List its advantages if it is located near a place of commercial flower cultivation.
