Hi Larry
> that the golden ratio - 1.618 - is, among other naturally occuring things,
> the ration between male and female bees in the hive.
Your Friend has it wrong, the ratio applies in honey bees to the numbers of
drone parents...
http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/fibonacci.html
lays out the calculations and shows it graphically.
Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY
http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman or http://www.dave-cushman.net
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