Read the essay Mary is writing. Honeybees live and work in hlves. Each hlve has one queen. The queen honeybee controls and directs the other bees in the hive. She lays
thousands of eggs a day that will soon become worker bees or drones.
Worker bees are female. They do almost all of the work in the hive. Worker bees are responsible for making honey from nectar they have
collected. The bees eat the honey to stay alive. Worker bees protect the hive by stinging threatening people or animals.
Drones are male honeybees. Drones are necessary because they help the queen produce new eggs. Drones are not able to sting. They do
not do any work around the hive, so drones are not allowed to live there during the winter.
Honeybees all have different jobs to do. The queen preserves the hive by making new bees. The worker bees provide the food. The drones
help the queen produce new bees.
Mary needs to add a concluding sentence to her writing.
Which sentence is the best conclusion?
1. People eat honey they collect from hives.
O 2. The hive is filled with honey and different kinds of bees.
3. Honeybees depend on each other and are equally important to the hive.
4. Worker bees are the busiest honeybees in the hive because they make the food.
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