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Re: Queen Mating
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Michael W Stoops <[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, 19 Jul 1999 17:48:55 +0000
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>Subject: Re: Queen Mating
>Date: Sun, Jul 18, 1999, 1:14
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>>  With whom does the queen mate?  OK, I know she mates with a drone, but =
>>  is it a drone from her own hive?
>
> This is not desirable, as it would be her brother.

Wouldn't the drone really bee the queen's son?

>My understanding is that she needs to mate 12-15 times to have a long life.

Does a queen actually mate that many times?  I thought the normal was four
to six times in only one flight.

Mike Stoops
Beekeeper Wanna-Bee
Monroe County, Alabama

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