>>>>> I'm sure I "knew" that the sperm from different drones was homogeneouslymixed in the spermatheca - doesn't this mitigate against this? ....... <><><> Last seminar I attended it was postulated that the sperm from the drones is initially stored in what might be considered packages or groups of individual drones. It is only after six or more months that these packages finally start to become homogenized. Info presented in part of a queen rearing presentation. Mike in LA
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