Macstu
New Bee
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- shropshire
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- National
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- 3
I am getting confused people say that when bees get aggresive it due to the genes of the queen and her offspring , also it is said it is due to an ageing queen whos pheromone levels are depliating.
Having done plant breeding that involves genetics I can understand the pheromone levels causing this but cannot see how her genetics would change since the year before when the bees were calm also if the genetics are in the brood (as they would be) why would they calm down with a new introduced queen if they had bad genes, To me this points towards pheromnes and not genes.
Can anyone explian better please
Having done plant breeding that involves genetics I can understand the pheromone levels causing this but cannot see how her genetics would change since the year before when the bees were calm also if the genetics are in the brood (as they would be) why would they calm down with a new introduced queen if they had bad genes, To me this points towards pheromnes and not genes.
Can anyone explian better please
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