Heredity in Honey Bees by Bernard Sauvager Commercial Few have continued to practice

Few have continued to practice the method

watching bees and recording their behaviour - long before the digital era - and of course the observations remain valid

This book should be a companion to all beekeepers and be available on their bookshelves for reference

• What are the bees guided by when collecting herbal balms

Heredity in Honey Bees by Bernard Sauvager Commercial Few have continued to practiceA drone dies after mating. Nonetheless, his sperm will later transmit 100% of his genes to each of his daughters. A queen, on the other hand, because her egg is produced by cell division, will only transmit 50% of her genes to each of her offspring. To add to the complexity of honey bee genetics, a queen will mate with multiple drones. The result is a colony of bees that is not a group of clones but an assembly of individuals, each of whom are