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Subject:	Re: Altruistic behaviour
From:	Randy Oliver <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 1 Nov 2022 07:30:26 -0700
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>It comes to naught in any case, because they produce little bitty drones
that can't really compete with robust drones.

Evolutionarily, if an individual's only chance of getting their genes into
the next generation would be to produce small drones, there might be a
fitness benefit from doing so, especially if the colony had gone queenless
at a time of year when queenright colonies were not producing many drones.
Even the little guys might then have a chance!

Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
530 277 4450
ScientificBeekeeping.com

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