Chris Slade:  My text wasn't as clear as it should have been.  My thinking
was more clear than my writing.  Of course you are right.  A daughter queen
may have some of the charachters of her mother and one of the drones that
mother mated with.
 
Regards,
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> From: CSlade777 <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: BEE-L Digest - 4 May 1998 to 5 May 1998
> Date: Wednesday, May 06, 1998 3:16 PM
>
> On the subject of replacement queen temperament James Bach wrote " A
daughter
> queen being from a fertilised worker egg is the offspring of the queen
and the
> drone OR DRONES (my emphasis) with which she mated."  James, did you
really
> mean to say this?  The implication is that a single egg may be fertilized
by
> more than one sperm which is, I believe, not the usual practice.  Perhaps
you
> meant "the offspring of the queen and one of the drones with which she
mated"
> Sorry to be pedantic.
> Chris Slade