NEET Biology question
Select the correct statements regarding honeybees. (i) The queen bee and the worker bees develop from fertilized eggs and are sexually females. (ii) Males (drones) develop parthenogenetically from unfertilized eggs. (iii) The queen bee feeds upon royal jelly and the worker bees feed upon bee bread.
Answer: (D)
Solution
In honeybees (haplodiploid sex determination), fertilized (diploid) eggs develop into females — either queens or workers, depending on diet (statement (i) true); unfertilized (haploid) eggs develop parthenogenetically into males, the drones (statement (ii) true); and while all larvae
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