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Re: hybrid drones?!
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Peter Borst <[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, 18 Mar 2005 08:56:00 -0500
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:19:40 -0500, Tim Arheit <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> So yes, a haploid can be a hybrid.   It will be a mix of the queen's
mother and father.

Well, it's more complicated than that. If a "hybrid" is a cross between a
male and a female of different genetic components, then the drone cannot be
a hybrid because it has only the female's components. Laidlaw writes:

"The drones are sons; but they are not truly sons even thought they are
male. They do not belong to either parental or filial generations."

from "Contemporary Queen Rearing" by Harry H. Laidlaw, 1979

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