Question

A queen honey bee lays eggs of
A. One type from which all castes develop
B. Two types, one forming queen and workers and second forming drones
C. Three types forming queen, drone, and workers
D. Unfertilized eggs die while fertilized ones form all castes

Answer 1

Honey Bees are flying insects, and they are a close relative to wasps and ants. They are found all around the world except for Antarctica. All bee varieties live on nectar and pollen. Without bees, pollination would be difficult and very much time-consuming. In a recent estimation, it is found that one-third of the human food supply depends on insect pollination.

Complete answer: There are three kinds of adults in the beehive- Queen, workers, and drone. Thousands of worker bees cooperate in nest building, food collection, and brood rearing. Each kind of honeybee adult has a definite task to perform, related to its age. Surviving and reproduction take the combined effort. Individual bees cannot survive on their own; they need the support of the colony.
In addition to thousands of worker adults, there is only one queen and several hundred drones during the spring and the summer. The structure of the hive depends on the presence of the queen and workers and also depends on communication.
It depends on the pheromones among the bees and communicative dances are responsible for controlled activities for colony survival.

Hence the answer is option B, Two types, and one forming queen and workers and second forming drones.

Note: In the beehive, the queen honey bee is regarded as the mother of the hive. Queens develop from larvae which are selected by worker bees and the larvae are given extra care which specifically is fed to become sexually mature. Queen bees are the largest of all the bees. It gives birth to two bee types.