Hello all,
There was an article in the American Bee Journal a couple of years ago about
red-eyed drones.  In fact there was a picture of one on the cover.  I'll try
to find it and forward the date.  It is a recessive gene that crops up now
and then and not a problem.  It is sort of like the fruit fly stuff done in
college genetics.  If I remember the article, there are manifestations other
than red that crop up as well.

Coleene
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From: grumpy7 <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 7:29 PM
Subject: Red-eyed drones


> Saw a couple of large red-eyed drones today in an Italian hive.  They
seemed
> larger than normal drones, and besides the red eyes they had some
> reddishness on their thoraces.  Random mutations, or a sign of trouble?
>
> Walter Weller
>