There is only one___________________ bee in a bee hive. (queen / drone)
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Answer:
Queen bee
Explanation:
In a hive, honey bees have three castes: queen, drones and workers.
Queen is the only one fertile female bee in a colony. It is bigger than the other females.
Drones are males and their main purpose is reproduction. In a colony, there are about 500 drones.
Workers are sterile females performing a wide range of duties like feed brood, collecting nectar, hive-cleaning, guarding, forage, etc. A colony may have about 60,000 worker bees.
There is present only 1 Queen bee in one bee hive.
Explaination :
Queen bees -
In general, we can see 1 queen in each hive.
The queen bees have diploid nature and are fertile, that is, they can produce progenies.
The queen bees can live for 2 to 5 years.
Drone bees -
Drones are present in 200 to 300 numbers in a hive.
They have haploid nature and are fertile.
They have the only role in fertilizing the queen.