Given the sex determination system in bees, we can expect that
A) female bees will produce eggs by meiosis, whereas male bees will produce sperm by mitosis.
B) female bees will produce eggs by mitosis, whereas male bees will produce sperm by meiosis.
C) male and female bees will produce sperm and eggs by meiosis.
D) male and female bees will produce sperm and eggs by mitosis.

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In bees, females are diploid and develop from fertilized eggs, thus they produce eggs through meiosis. Males, however, are haploid and develop from unfertilized eggs, so they produce sperm through mitosis, not requiring the reduction of chromosomes that occurs in meiosis.

Given the Sex Determination System in Bees, We Can Expect