Q.
The unfertilised eggs in honeybees develop into
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Solution:
The sex-determination in honeybee is based on the
number of sets of chromosomes an individual receives.
An offspring formed from the union of a sperm and an
egg develops as a female (queen or worker) and an
unfertilised egg develops as a male (drone) by means of
parthenogenesis.