David Eyre wrote:
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> That way she will mate with her own brother, not a good thing at all!! Her
> pattern will become very checkerboard and inefficient. The drone brood from
> this hive should be destroyed, not encouraged. Better still prevent drones
> from this hive flying while she goes out to mate.
 
My Reading indicates that the bees have a built-in preventative to the inbreeding you mentioned.
The virgin queen flys to a more distant 'Drone Congregation Area' than do her brothers.
 
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"Test everything.  Hold on to the good."  (1 Thessalonians 5:21)
 
Tom Elliott
Eagle River, Alaska
 
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