Honeybees are social insects whose colony consists of three distinct forms of bees: queens, drones, and workers. Each colony may have a population of 30,000 to 60,000 individuals. The sole purpose of the queen is to lay eggs, up to 1500 eggs in a single day. In preparation for this, the queen is fed special nutritious food called "royal jelly. A drone is larger than the queen and exists to mate with the young queens. There are only a few hundred drones in each colony. The rest of the colony consists of workers. The workers are aptly named because they do all the work. The workers must care for the queen, maintain the hive, gather nectar and pollen, and convert the nectar to honey. The life span of a worker depends upon the amount of work it does. The more energy it expends, the sooner it dies. Honey or beeswax production is not significant to the agricultural industry in terms of monetary return. The value of honeybees lies in their role as pollinators for over 50 agricultural crops. Pollination is estimated to produce around 20 times the revenue produced by beeswax or honey.

Question

1. all of the following duties are preformed by the worker bees except?
A. cleaning the hive
B. grooming the queen
C. pollinating flowers
E. fertilizing eggs

2.which of the following aspect of honey bees would a nutritionists probably consider the most important?
A. the anatomy of the honeybee
B. the wholesomeness of honey as food
C. beeswax production for candles
D. beeswax production for polishes
E. the first aid required for bee stings

3. Which of the following, concerning bees, is of the most value to citrus farmers, who harvest thousands of acres of oranges?
A. honey production
B. beeswax production for candles
C. beeswax production for polishes
D. bees for scientific research
E. bees for plant pollination

4. Which of the following topics involving bees would an environmental scientist consider to be the most important?
A. the effects of insecticides on bees and subsequently the pollination of agricultural crops
B. The amount of honey production needed for export to another country
C. the beeswax production necessary to be successful in a small business
D. the dangers of bee stings on human beings and the effects of an antitoxin medication
E. the taste difference between honey and cane sugar and their uses in consumer products

this is what i got can someone check my answers please

1.e
2.d
3.c
4.a

Answer 1

Agree with 1 and 4, , and disagree with 2 and 3. (Compare 3 with 4. Think about the job of nutritionists for 2.)