Would you be able to determine the continuance of the regression if you moved the "regressed" bees to an isolated a yard as possible and onto top bar hives with just the top bars and a line of wax from which to draw the comb?  You could then raise queens in this environment and open mate in that area in the hopes that most of the drones would also be regressed then move those queens into new top bar hives with just the top bars and an open live of wax from which to draw the new comb.  After several generations of this might one determine whether or not the bees would stay regressed?

Mike

Aaron Morris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

I think the
jury is still out on what happens when kept regressed bees become feral
(or as Allen asked, "Do they stay regressed?").




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