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Re: Use of sperm by the queen
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Michael Haberl <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:23:34 +0100
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> Is it known how the queen stores the sperm from different drones?.
 
Please see the abstract under:
http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00265/bibs/8042004/80420247.htm
 
> ...
> On the other hand if the sperm is 'all mixed up' then we can have different
> types of workers in the hive at the same time.
 
Yes, this turned out to be the case!
 
Please see the BEE-L archives. There already has been some discussion
into this.
 
Michael
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