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Consider the following statements about beehives:


A. Every beehive has only one queen bee that lays eggs.

B. There are a few males in the hive who make the hive.

C. The number of females is much more than the males in the hive. These female bees are the worker bees who work all day. They also look after the baby bees.

D. The worker bees fly around flowers in search of nectar for honey. On finding flowers with nectar, they do a special kind of dance by which other bees also join them to collect the nectar.


The correct statements are

Options

A

A, B and C

B

A, C and D

C

A and D

D

A and B

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Correct Answer :

Option C

A and D

A, C and D

Solution :

To determine the correct statements about beehives, let us analyze each of the given statements step-by-step:

Statement A: "Every beehive has only one queen bee that lays eggs."
This statement is correct. A typical honeybee colony contains only one queen bee, whose primary role is to lay eggs to propagate the colony.

Statement B: "There are a few males in the hive who make the hive."
This statement is incorrect. The male bees in a hive are called drones. They do not build or maintain the hive, nor do they collect food or look after the offspring. Their sole role is to mate with a receptive queen.

Statement C: "The number of females is much more than the males in the hive. These female bees are the worker bees who work all day. They also look after the baby bees."
This statement is correct. The vast majority of the bees in a hive are female worker bees. They perform all the essential tasks including hive construction, cleaning, foraging, and nursing the brood (baby bees).

Statement D: "The worker bees fly around flowers in search of nectar for honey. On finding flowers with nectar, they do a special kind of dance by which other bees also join them to collect the nectar."
This statement is correct. Worker bees perform a special communication dance (often referred to as the waggle dance) to inform other foragers about the direction and distance to a rich source of nectar.

Evaluating the options based on our analysis:
- Statement A is correct.
- Statement B is incorrect.
- Statement C is correct.
- Statement D is correct.
Therefore, the correct statements are A, C, and D.

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