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Question
Honey-bees live an organized life like human beings. Discuss what work the following honey-bees do, as per the poem. Write it down in your own words, in your notebook.
- King/Emperor bee
- Magistrate bees
- Merchant bees
- Soldier bees
- Mason bees
- Civilian bees
- Porter bees
- Judge bee
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Solution
- King/Emperor bee - supervises the 1 building of the beehive
- Magistrate bees - do corrective work
- Merchant bees - go out to trade for nectar
- Soldier bees - loot nectar from flowers and protect the hive
- Mason bees - build the hive
- Civilian bees - make honey from nectar
- Porter bees - carry the nectar brought by the other bees
- Judge bee - delivers his sentence
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