NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The queen bee is a fascinating insect. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -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: -Healthy, fertile queens are capable of laying eggs almost constantly. During peak season, a quality queen can lay over 3, 000 eggs per day-that’s more than her own body weight in eggs in a day! Although queens can live seven or more years, their productivity typically declines after the first year or two.

Detailed explanation-4: -A male drone will mount the queen and insert his endophallus, ejaculating semen. After ejaculation, a male honey bee pulls away from the queen, though his endophallus is ripped from his body, remaining attached to the newly fertilized queen.

Detailed explanation-5: -The queen bee lays two kinds of eggs –fertilized and non-fertilized eggs.