Peter Borst wrote:

> Selection to ensure a thriving
> worker population and an integrated colony should be strong and could
> counter selection favoring preferential care of relatives.

I am just wondering if a temporary situation would be possible in a colony, 
where a large proportion of the workers were from one patriline but a large 
proportion of the brood was from a different one.  Could this have a 
negative (short term) effect on the colony?

Presumably a high number of matings by the queen is advantageous because 
there will be more patrilines in the colony, but each will have a smaller 
population?

Best wishes

Peter Edwards
beekeepers at stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk
www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/

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