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Re: Negative matings
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:33:48 -0700
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>At that point it seems to me that it is essentially a queen mating with a
queen. Doesn't this mean that all bets are off and normal rules apply?
After all, that is a diploid-diploid situation.  Am I just being dumb?

No--you are finally bringing this discussion to the point!  The drone is
simply a vehicle to move the queen's sperm, but a vehicle that can only
deliver if the genetic instructions of that particular sperm allow an
individual to grow, avoid disease due to parasites, and outcompete other
sperms in the air.  A marvelous system!

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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