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This is not quite as simple as just giving a number.

Female bees (queens and workers) are diploid -- they have chromosomes from both the mother and father -- so have 32 chromosomes, 16 chromosomes from the queen and 16 from the drone who provided the sperm.

Male bees (drones) are haploid -- they only have chromosomes from the mother because they develop from an unfertilized egg -- so have just 16 chromosomes from the queen.

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