John Partin wrote: > I will try to explain. In order for the drone to be the one who passes > it on the gene would have to be located on the Y chromosome. Females do > not have a Y chromosome. That would make all females mean, I think. > There are ways for a trait to be sex linked but it is not very common. > I would think The traits you are talking about would involve more than > one gene. > BUD Male bees don't have a y chromosome. Males are produced from unfertilized eggs(haploid ). Females are produced from fertilized eggs (diploid). Peggy