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Assertion : The honey bee queen copulate...

Assertion : The honey bee queen copulates only once in her life time.
Reason : The honey bee queen can lay fertilized as well as unfertilized eggs.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explaination of assertion

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not correct explaination of assertion

C

If assertion is true but reason is false

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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B
Queen is the only fertile female in beehive having immensely developed ovaries.She lives for several successive years developed ovaries.She lives for several successive years laying about 2000 or more eggs a day and upto about 1,500000 eggs during her life time.THe queen has a remarkable capacity of controlling the fertilization of its eggs.A fertilized egg is laid in a worker of queen cell or honey comb,while an unfertilized egg in a drone cell,the latter develops parthogenetically.The queen mates only in a life time.The sperms stored in her spermatheca fertilize her eggs as long as she lives.
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