Over winter.., Drones?

Started by GSF, March 11, 2016, 09:34:45 PM

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GSF

March 11, 2016, 09:34:45 PM
Interesting question came up at the bee meeting the other night. Someone had a hive that went queen less at some point over the winter. They said it was about half workers and half drones. The question was, does over wintering a drone have any negative effect on their reproduction capabilities?
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BeeMaster2

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March 11, 2016, 09:58:59 PM
Sounds like a hive full of laying workers. The bees are trying to bee able keep their genetics alive. The drones have the qenetics of the queen.
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deknow

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March 11, 2016, 10:51:07 PM
Well, I've also seen lots of drones end up in the one queenless hive in a yard....it seems as they get kicked out of the queen right colonies they end up in 5hr queenless ones.

don2

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March 17, 2016, 12:20:23 AM
Sounds like the drones are hatching out through the winter. Either a drone laying queen or laying workers. Drones don't normally winter in a queen right colony. d2
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