On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, John Volpe wrote:
 
> Hello,
>
> Some literature I have read recently suggests that workers, in their queen
> selection, will choose those larva most closely related to themselves (ie
> larvae that were fathered by drones produced from the home hive as opposed
> to those larvae fathered by drones from other hives). This presents two
> questions;
>
> How do colonies minimize inbreeding depression generated by this kin selection?
>
> What is/are the que(s) used by the workers in evaluating the genetic
> relatedness among potential queens?
>
> Any information on this would be appreciated - are any of you working on
> these questions or know a group which is
 
  Hi John ,The subject of inbreeding is important to all beekeepers. We
have people ( myself included ) not happy with the queens that they are
buying.The problem is more complex than just inbreeding.But the more
knowledge we have about natural selection , the better job we can do in
breeding.I would be very interested in any research on natural inbreeding
or tha lack of inbreeding in nature.
  We should all be very thankfull for the work that Brother Adam has done
for all of bekeeping.He did go all around the world to select natural
stock for his breeding. Nature must have a way of control of inbreeding.
It was what he needed  to come up with the Buckfast Bee.
  I hope we can get some information on research that has been done on the
subject.
 Best Regards
 Roy