Cloze Passage

The honey bee is a very unusual kind of insect. ______ other insects which live alone, the honey bee lives as a ______ of a community.

• From, group

• Instead, quantity

• Unlike, member

• Over, single

These bees live ______ in what is known as a bee colony.

• same

• together

• with

• community

The head of the colony is called the queen bee. She is larger than the______ of the bees.

• rest

• other

• different

• more

Her main task ______ the colony is to lay eggs.

• on

• with

• of

• in

Most of the ______ bees are the worker bees.

• rest

• other

• different

• many

These bees ______ nectar and pollen from flowers.

• bring

• gather

• collect

• take away

The nectar ______ is carried by the worker bees is deposited on the hive and then converted ______ honey.

• that, into

• which, onto

• that, into

• which, into

The worker bees also help look ______ the young bees.

• among

• after

• into

• with

As soon as the eggs are ______, the worker bees feed the young bees ______ pollen and nectar.

• lay, together

• brew, with

• contrive, together

• hatched, with

The third type of bee found in the colony is the drone or ______ bee.

• boy

• male

• man

• it