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Questions 16-20

Read the information about honey bees.

R T H W R 16-20, choose from A-F to complete the sentences.
There is one letter you do not need.
Mark your answer on the answer sheet.
There is an example at the beginning ( ).

Honey bees

One very interesting and useful social insect is the honey bee. They are considered social
insects (0) BBB. Most people D H D D H (16) ___. They cooperate and communicate in order to
survive.
The queen bee is the most important bee, (17) ___. She is usually the mother of all the bees
in the hive. Drones are males (18) ___. After mating they drop dead and the young queen takes
a bunch of workers and starts a new colony. The worker bees make wax to create new cells.
Humans use this valuable beeswax (19) ___. Worker bees also go from flower to flower
(20) ___. During these flights, bees carry pollen that fertilizes plants and help them grow.

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whose only job is to fly out and mate with the queen
to produce candles, cosmetics and other products
that they have three ‘sexes’: queens, drones and workers
who can lay thousands of eggs a day
that honey is very healthy for humans
to collect nectar for honey
because they live and work together

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