BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: Small Cell size adoption
From:
randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:13:50 -0700
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (28 lines) 
>
> >The drones produced from said eggs will be different. But the sperm they
> produce can only have the maternal contribution since they are unfertilized
> (no daddy).


You can take this one step further, Pete!  All the sperm produced by any
single drone will all be genetically identical--and clones of the
chromosomes of that very drone.  This fact is the basis of much confusion.

We all appreciate your being a font of information, Pete.  I just assume
that you throw in a ringer from time to time in order to see whether we are
paying attention  : )


-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

             ***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software.  For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html

Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at:
http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm

ATOM RSS1 RSS2