Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions on it
Demola Drone spoke up, “We’ve become the laughing stock of the insect community and the humans have turned against us”. “yes, the humans especially hate us!” shouted Dotun Drone adjusting his danshiki with devilish panache. And the chant began: “Sting her to death!” “Sting her to death!” Queen Honey Bee raised up two legs to command silence. “One drone at a time, and be careful not to drone on. You were saying Demola Drone”? Demola Drone was not put out by Queen Honey Bee’s daunting attitude and declared:” Word has reached us from other insects and from humans that the honey of the bee community is no longer sweet. They say it is bitter. As the leader of the bees, it is your duty to ensure that our reputation, our honour as bees, as the chief producers of hone is…is kept…well…intact”.
Dotun Drone agreed, “You’re giving bees a bad name. honey is supposed to be sweet its not meant to be bitter.” Queen Honey Bee smiled. “Drones, members of the male community of bees. As you are well aware, I am no despot. I am not beastly, I have in my opinion ruled the bee community with a great deal of responsibility. I lay eggs, but unusual for a queen, I oversee the collection of nectar and pollen, the production of wax and honey. And I do this busily. I may not be the bees knees, but whenever the work is completed satisfactorily, I hold a Beefeast for all, even for you drones – especially for you drones.
Dupe Drone clapped his wings. “Thank you Queen Honey Bee. Thank you for everything you have done”. But before he could finish speaking, Demola Drone cut him short, “the fact remains that whatever you have done in the past has been, Umm, destroyed largely by what is happening now. The honey is bitter and you must die!”
His right hand man, Dotun Drone, rose high in the air and with his danshiki fluttering waved some of his legs, “It’s I, I, I, with you Queen Hone Bee. I did this for the bees and I did that for the bees. Let’s sting her to death!”
Queen Honey Bee settled herself comfortably on her hive throne and again addressed the drones. “So you drones want the right to kill me? You want a communal drone decision on my honey? On me? Firstly, as I have already said, I am no despot. I do not begrudge you this “bee in your bonnet one little bit. You have a right to berate me if I have done something wrong. It is your drone duty to be little me even banishes me, even kill me. Secondly, you can all taste my honey and decide for yourselves whether it is sweet or bitter”. (From Karen-King Aribisala’s Queen Honey Bee and Drone Designs).
Why in your opinion does Queen Honey not deserve to die?
A. her honey was not sweet B. the drones were only being malicious and resentful C. she was doing her duties as she should D. the drones do no work in the hive themselves
