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Subject:
hybrid drones?!
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Danilo <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 17 Mar 2005 09:27:16 -0800
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In his book "The Hive and the Honey Bee", pg.168, G.H. Cale Jr. says, "A drone bee, a haploid can never be a hybrid."

Well, I wonder what he means by that. When a hybrid queen from, let`s say, a A.M.scutellata ("african") queen and a A.M. ligustica drone produces drones would they be (considering the haploidy phenomenon):

a) Africanized (hybrid?) drones?
 or
b) pure drones (part scutellata, part ligustica?).

I would appreciate any comments about this.

Regards,
Danilo Fonseca




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