--- Keith Benson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Physical constraints on size are to the most part NOT
inheritable! But after many generations, it may have
more influence and will affect the size cell drawn.

...the idea (new characteristics are
> acquired through
> interaction with the environment and are passed on
> to progeny)..

I have never said that!!

Read my posts carefully!!

Let the record show.
I do not subscribe to Lamarckism!!

What I do say is that adaptations acquired thru
enviornment influences will have an affect on future
genetics thru selective matings.  The fit that have
adapted will have the advantage in matings and the un
fit will not.  Then also there is size related mating
prefrences which will have affect on selective
matings.





Joe Waggle ~ Derry, PA
Small Cell Beekeeping
‘Bees Gone Wild Apiaries'
http://www.biologicalbeekeeping.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Organicbeekeepers/



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