AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In colonies of bumble bees and honey bees, eggs are laid by the queens. However, at various times, worker females may also lay eggs3. Workers can only produce males-they cannot produce females, since they have not mated and therefore have no stored sperm with which to fertilize any eggs they may lay.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct option is A Queen bee. Bees live in colonies called as beehives. Every bee colony has a queen bee, many worker bees, newborn bees and few male drone bees. Queen bee’s role is to lay eggs.

Detailed explanation-3: -A queen bee is typically an adult, mated female (gyne) that lives in a colony or hive of honey bees. With fully developed reproductive organs, the queen is usually the mother of most, if not all, of the bees in the beehive.

Detailed explanation-4: -She is the mother of all the bees in hive, responsible for laying all the eggs that will become female worker bees and male drones.