Question

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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that

follow: (10 Marks)

The bees and the wasps make a special kind of shelter. It is called the hive where

a colony of bees or wasps lives comfortably. A hive made by bees is called a

beehive and beehive that stores honey is called honeycomb

In a beehive, bees that live are of three kinds – queens, drones and workers.

Queen bees lay thousands of eggs and place one egg in each chamber of the hive.

Only one queen bee is allowed in a beehive at a time. Drones are the male and

they are used for mating. Worker bees are responsible for the welfare and

maintenance of the comb. They protect the eggs also, till they hatch into larvae

and larvae are fed till they grow into pupae. Pupae transform into adults. The

adults so developed may be queens, drones or workers.

Honeybees visit flowers regularly. It is very much pleasant seeing them sitting on

the flowers. They collect pollens and nectar from the flowers. Nectar collected by

honeybees is honey. Honey has medicinal quality and possesses antibiotic

substances.
(a) What is the synonym of ‘delightful’ as given in the last paragraph?

(b) What is the difference between beehive and honeycomb?

(c)What is honey and why it is important?​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) the synonym of delightful is lovely.

b) A colony of bees or wasps live comfortably in hive made by them for shelter is called beehive.

beehive that stores honey is called honeycomb.

c) The pollens and nectar collect by the bees from the

flowers is called honey.

Honey is important because it has medical quality

and possesses antibiotic substance