Q. Drones in a colony of honey bee originate by :

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Solution:

Drones are male honey bees. They develop from unfertilized female eggs. This phenomenon is called as arrhenotoky.
Parthenogenesis means development of unfertilized egg or haploid egg into young one as development of drones.
Female bees develops from diploid fertilized ovum.