Distinguish between: Haploid process and Diploid process (in the context of Honeybee sex determination).

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Haploid Process (Arrhenotoky) Diploid Process (Sexual Reproduction)
$(1)$ Gametes in the female are produced by meiosis. $(1)$ Gametes in the male are produced by mitosis.
$(2)$ The egg becomes haploid after meiosis. $(2)$ Sperm produced by the male remains haploid (but the resulting zygote is diploid).
$(3)$ If the haploid egg is unfertilized, it develops into a male (drone). $(3)$ If the egg is fertilized by a sperm, it develops into a female (queen or worker).
$(4)$ Males have $16$ chromosomes and are called drones. $(4)$ Females have $32$ chromosomes.

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