Honeybees produce their young ones by sexual reproduction. Inspite of 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.

Explanation

Honeybees bear three types of individuals in their colony : (i) Sterile diploid females which work as workers . (ii) One fertile diploid female which act as queens and (iii) Fertile halpoid males working as drones . Haploid drones develop from unfertilised eggs. Queen and workers develop from fertilised eggs. This is due to difference between the two is diet which makes the queen fertile while workers remain sterile .