Bees Quiz

What type of bee has no sting?

• Bumble bee

• Worker

• Queen

• Drone

What are the functions of the queen bee?

• mate with workers

• mate with drones

• lay fertilised and unfertilised eggs

• Collect pollen

What happens when bees swarm?

• The queen, together with the worker bees leave the colony and build another nest in another location

• The eggs hatch and new workers, drones and potential queens are formed

• The workers drive the drones away

• The drone dies after mating

Tick the activities of the worker bee

• look after and feed larvae

• mate with drones

• clean the cells of the comb

• Make royal jelly and wax

• Mate with queen

Which bee controls the colony?

• Drone

• Queen

• Worker

How is the bee colony controlled?

• The bee collects pollen to create honey which feeds drones and the queen

• The queen secretes chemical substances which spread through worker bees and control their activities.

• The worker bees feed drones so they can mate with the queen so more eggs can be produced