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Re: 1Q multiple drones
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Chris Slade <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:44:27 EDT
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In a message dated 23/06/2006 12:02:51 GMT Standard Time,  
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I am correct in thinking that the queen mates with more than one drone  ?


YES  


If this is the case then her offspring may be a hotch potch  of
characteristics ?  One child may be aggressive, another one  not.
Surely the queen cannot "mix the semen up" so that her offspring  will
have uniform average characteristics  ?




The stored sperms each remain separate and don't merge. If the queen mated  
with a dozen drones  there will be a dozen groups of half-sisters in the  hive.
 
Chris

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