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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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Females and workers in a colony of bees are diploid, but male drones are haploid. The queen bee lays both fertilized and unfertilized eggs. Fertilized eggs, which are diploid, develop into workers or queens, while unfertilized haploid eggs undergo parthenogenesis to produce drones.

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