In article <<[log in to unmask]>, John Volpe <[log in to unmask]> 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; I read something similar but I interpreted what was said differently. What I read is workers will choose larva fathered by the same drone that fathered them over larva fathered by some other drone. That is, favoring sisters over half-sisters. This drone does not have to come from the home hive, and this strategy does not encourage inbreeding. -Mike