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zobia · Apr 20th, 2009, 05:57 PM

The bee ancestry code: reproduction of a population of idealized bees

-If an egg is laid by an unmated female, it hatches a male.
-If, however, an egg was fertilized by a male, it hatches a female.
Thus, a male bee will always have one parent, and a female bee will have two.

Apr 20th, 2009, 05:57 PM	#19 (permalink)
zobia WOHOOOO! Join Date: Jun 12, 2006 - 2:02 pm Posts: 18,333 Blog Entries: 16	The bee ancestry code: reproduction of a population of idealized bees -If an egg is laid by an unmated female, it hatches a male. -If, however, an egg was fertilized by a male, it hatches a female. Thus, a male bee will always have one parent, and a female bee will have two. "There are two rules for ultimate success in life: #1. Never tell everything you know." ;)