Grumpy bees and genetics

[Levitt53]

I presume I know the answer to this but I'm interested in the experiences of people who have been queen rearing for many years. Do queens from grumpy colonies always produce queens that also have grumpy bees. I wonder whether it ever gets bred out but probably not as the queen is 50% of the genetics and any one drone is always a small %.

 

[GuyNir]

I heard the grumpiness/defensiveness/aggressiveness (whatever you want to call it) comes from the drone side when the Q is mating.

 

[Swarm]

I presume I know the answer to this but I'm interested in the experiences of people who have been queen rearing for many years. Do queens from grumpy colonies always produce queens that also have grumpy bees. I wonder whether it ever gets bred out but probably not as the queen is 50% of the genetics and any one drone is always a small %.

The short answer is no.

 

[Finman]

If you change the crumpy queen, you get a calm hive. That is what I know.

From where crumpy genes come, WHO knows. It is enough if only part of workers are angry. They can handle you.

Defencive style is very usefull in nature.

 

[Finman]

I heard the grumpiness/defensiveness/aggressiveness (whatever you want to call it) comes from the drone side when the Q is mating.

It comes from boath sides. And from combination too.

Calm bees is a result from human selection. No advantage from calmness in nature.