Q. In honey bee, the drones are
A) Sterile male
B) Fertile male
C) Fertile female
D) Sterile female
Explanation
Drones are fertile males in a colony of social bees, i.e., honeybee (Apis sp). The function of drones is to fertilize the queen of their own or some other colony and they die after mating with the queen bee, as the male reproductive organ explode within the female.
Reviewed by Dr. Abubacker
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