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Re: Small cell regression
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Mike 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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Tue, 30 Aug 2005 06:38:37 -0700
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"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Do you believe 'smaller' drones have 'smaller' semen
> genetically?
>
> Waldemar
>

Or....  Do bees raised in small cell colonies make
smaller queen cells and thus produce smaller queens?
Is it genetics or environment?  My feeling is that the
genetics remain the same, it's the environment that
produces queens that regress to the smaller cell.

Mike
Located 1/2 way between Montgomery and wet Mobile, Alabama

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