Rumor?
Misinformation?
A drone laying queen lays sterile drones....
I had never heard of this and really doesn?t make any sense.
Possible but not likely.
How do you know the drones are sterile?
Other than by dissection and testing the sperm.
> Possible but not likely.
> How do you know the drones are sterile?
Other than by dissection and testing the sperm.
Plus if a laying worker can produce productive drones then.....
Drone laying queens lay regular drones. Unless acted upon by something else (chemicals in the wax etc.) they will be fertile viable drones. The same with laying workers. Their offspring are viable drones. Now diploid drones never make it to adults because the bees remove them. IF they could make it to adults maybe they could be sterile or not. I have not been able to get a straight answer from the experts.