Question

Bees, classified into over 10,000 species, are insects found in almost every part of the world except the northernmost and southernmost regions. One commonly known species is the honeybee, the only bee that produces honey and wax. Humans use the wax in making candles, lipsticks, and other products, and they use the honey as a food. While gathering the nectar and pollen with which they make honey, bees are simultaneously helping to fertilize the flowers on which they land. Many fruits and vegetables would not survive if bees did not carry the pollen from blossom to blossom.

Bees live in a structured environment and social structure within a hive, which is a nest with storage space for the honey. The different types of bees each perform a unique function. The worker bee carries nectar to the hive in a special stomach called a honey stomach. Other workers make beeswax and shape it into a honeycomb, which is a waterproof mass of six-sided compartments, or cells. The queen lays eggs in completed cells. As the workers build more cells, the queen lays more eggs.
All workers, like the queen, are female, but the workers are smaller than the queen. The male honeybees are called drones; they do no work and cannot sting. They are developed from unfertilized eggs, and their only job is to impregnate a queen. The queen must be fertilized in order to lay worker eggs. During the season when less honey is available and the drone is of no further use, the workers block the drones from eating the honey so that they will starve to death.
Question 1. Which of the following is the best title for this reading?
A. The Many Species of Bees B. The Useless Drone
C. The Honeybee — Its Characteristics and Usefulness D. Making Honey
Which of the following is the best title for this reading?

a) The Many Species of Bees
b) The Useless Drone
c) The Honeybee — Its Characteristics and Usefulness
d) Making Honey

Answer 1

The best title for the provided passage is 'C. The Honeybee — Its Characteristics and Usefulness,' as it covers the main topics, including the honeybee's role in pollination and its economic importance.

Step-by-step explanation:

The best title for the reading passage that encompasses its main themes and details is C. The Honeybee — Its Characteristics and Usefulness. This title accurately reflects the content of the passage which provides a comprehensive overview of the honeybee's role in pollination, its social structure, and its importance in producing honey and wax that are used by humans in various products. The passage goes beyond just the process of making honey or the diversity of bee species to highlight the honeybee's unique contributions and the implications of their potential decline due to issues like colony collapse disorder.