Keeping beehives in crop fields during the flowering period increases:

Give information about Bee-keeping.

$S$ - Statement: Honey is the nectar of flowers stored and regurgitated in the stomach.
$R$ - Reason: The use of honey as a medicine is well-known.

Identify the correct statements from the following:
$(i)$ Workers are the only fertile females in the colony.
$(ii)$ The queen is a sterile female bee found in large numbers.
$(iii)$ Drones are males found in large numbers that only perform the function of reproduction.
$(iv)$ Wax is secreted by the abdominal glands of the bee.

The life span of a honey bee drone is

The number of worker bees in a honeybee colony is.......... .