The males of honeybee are produced by

sexually

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budding

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spore formation

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parthenogenesis

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The correct option is D
parthenogenesis

In a beehive, drones are the fertile males developed parthenogenetically from an unfertilised egg. They possess very large eyes, small pointed mandibles and lack sing and wax. The function of drones is to mate with the queen and fertilise her.

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