Tuesday, 17 September 2024

Invertebrate Passions 16. Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bees use haplodiploidy in their mating. The new queen has 2 sets of chromosomes (like her mother/the workers). The male drone, however, only has one set. This seems a feature of social insects.

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