The honey bee exhibits Haploid- diploid method of sex determination. The female bee is diploid with 32 number of chromosomes while male bee is haploid with 16 number of chromosomes. The female bee produces ova by meiosis with n= 16 chromosomes. Male bee produces sperm by mitosis with n= 16 chromosomes. When ovum and sperm fuse a diploid , 2n=32 , female is born by syngamy. when the ovum undergoes parthenogenesis, a haploid male drone bee is born that has n=16 chromosomes.
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