Question

When the queen bee withholds sperm, an unfertilised egg develops into a male drone (\(n = 16\)). What is this process called?

Options

• Syngamy

• Meiotic division

• Metamorphosis

• Parthenogenesis

Answer 1

When the queen withholds sperm, the egg is not fertilised and develops into a haploid individual (\(n = 16\)). This development of an unfertilised egg into an individual is termed parthenogenesis.