Ok you will have to bear with me as I try to get my head around this, Drones Normally develop from unfertilized eggs and are known as haploid. Theses drones will usually leave to mate with virgin queens, ok so far.
But sometimes you can get drones from fertilised eggs and these are known a Diploid now normally these are said not to survive until the end of larvae development as the bees in the hive recoginise them (HOW?) and canabilise them. But these drones if they were to survive would be Viable for mating I believe. Now the question.
1. Would it be possible to rear these drones to full adults.
2. How would you recoginise them from normal haploid drones.
3. What effect would they have on breeding if they mated with a queen.
4. How could it happen that a queen will lay a diploid drone.
Tks in advance, hope ther is an easy explanation.
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