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I think you fail to understand genetics.
Queen has two sets of chromosomes. Each egg has one set of chromosomes in it. So for every unfertilised egg, it contains 50% of the Queen's DNA.
Every individual drone come from an unfertilised egg so all of their DNA comes from a single queen.
Every individual worker and daughter Queen comes from a separate fertilised egg thus 50% of DNA from the Queen and 50% from one of the drones she mated with.
Thus 50% of the DNA is from one Queen and 50% from another, single, Queen.
It is physically impossible not to have 50% of DNA from one Q and 50% from another. The only difference is as above as @Erichalfbee referenced, if you II a DLQ with semen from drones from that Q. Which is uncommon in II circles and won't happen naturally.
Why this is useful: if you buy a virgin queen of known docile lineage or other favoured traits, even if she mates with drones which lead to 'evil' workers, her drones will be from her good lineage so useful for drone flooding/mating from. However, daughters from her will be a gamble so use a colony with docile/favoured trait workers for queen rearing.
Queen has two sets of chromosomes. Each egg has one set of chromosomes in it. So for every unfertilised egg, it contains 50% of the Queen's DNA.
Every individual drone come from an unfertilised egg so all of their DNA comes from a single queen.
Every individual worker and daughter Queen comes from a separate fertilised egg thus 50% of DNA from the Queen and 50% from one of the drones she mated with.
Thus 50% of the DNA is from one Queen and 50% from another, single, Queen.
It is physically impossible not to have 50% of DNA from one Q and 50% from another. The only difference is as above as @Erichalfbee referenced, if you II a DLQ with semen from drones from that Q. Which is uncommon in II circles and won't happen naturally.
Why this is useful: if you buy a virgin queen of known docile lineage or other favoured traits, even if she mates with drones which lead to 'evil' workers, her drones will be from her good lineage so useful for drone flooding/mating from. However, daughters from her will be a gamble so use a colony with docile/favoured trait workers for queen rearing.
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