Honeybees are called social insects because

Answer: (d) They move socially with other insects

The closest option: bees live and work together in a colony (queen, workers, drones) with division of labour.

The idea

A social insect lives in an organised colony where members are born into different jobs and none can survive alone. This is called division of labour.

Queen: the main egg-layer → Workers: usually sterile females who build, clean, nurse, guard and collect food → Drones: males, whose only job is to mate with a queen

Why the others are wrong

(a) Collecting nectar is how bees feed — solitary bees do it too.

(b) Living near people is not what “social” means.

(c) Bees feed on nectar and pollen, not other insects.

The trap

None of the options is perfect — pick the one about living and working together.

Also know

The social insects are honeybees, ants, termites and some wasps. Honeybees of India: the rock bee (largest, wild), the Indian hive bee, the little bee, the stingless bee and the introduced European bee.