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Select the correct statements regarding honeybees
(i) The queen bee and the worker bees develop from fertilised eggs and are sexually females
(ii) Males (drones) develop parthenogenetically from unfertilised eggs
(iii) Queen bee feeds upon royal jelly and the worker bees feed upon bee bread.

A

(i) and (ii)

B

(ii) and (iii)

C

(i) and (iii)

D

(i),(ii) and (iii)

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D
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