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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