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Honeybees produce their young ones only by sexual reproduction. Despite this, in a colony of bees, we find both haploid and diploid individuals. Name the haploid and diploid individuals in the colony and analyse the reasons behind their formation.

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Female and workers in a colony of bees are diploid, but male drones are haploid. This is because unfertilised eggs develop into male drones. This process is known as Parthenogenesis and is also shown by many plants. Ex- Banana

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