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In honeybees, drones are haploid because they develop from unfertilised eggs by:

Answer: Parthenogenesis.

  • A Parthenogenesis
  • B Syngamy
  • C Binary fission
  • D Fragmentation

Correct answer: A. Parthenogenesis

Explanation: Male honeybees (drones) develop from unfertilised eggs through parthenogenesis and are therefore haploid.

Labeled diagram of a mature flower showing sepals, petals, stamens (anther and filament), and the pistil (stigma, style, ovary with ovules)

Structure of a mature flower. Image: LadyofHats (Mariana Ruiz), Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Concept context

Asexual and sexual reproduction, flower anatomy, pollination, fertilization, and seed development.

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