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

Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion

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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect

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Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

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Solution

The correct option is B Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
Parthenogenesis is a modification of sexual reproduction in which an egg develops into a complete organism without fertilization.
In honey bee, unfertilized eggs development to the male bee which are the drones with the haploid cell, and the fertilized egg give rise to the female Queen bees and worker bees with the diploid cell.
The Queen bee is the largest in size and lays a large number of eggs.
The queen bee akes a nuptial flight which is mating flight and the eggs that are fertilised from it are developed into female bees.
So, the correct option is 'Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion'

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