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Thus half from the drone and half from the queen. Not 100% from the drone. All of the drone's DNA still only counts for 50% of the contribution to the offspring.Yes, each drone receives a random mix of 16 from the queen's 32 which are then combined with the drone's sperm set of 16 (giving 32 for virgins/workers etc). All the drones she creates will differ, but only between themselves (not outside of the queens data set of 32).