From: Erik Osterlund <honeybee@elgon.se>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 09:17:43 +0100
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: cell size measurement (Size of Queens)

At 00.21 +0000 02-01-09, Peter Dillon wrote:

>This last comment made by Dee, I do not agree to.
>It is based on thoughts produced by the evolutionist - J-B LAMARCK
>presented in 1809.
>He suggested that evolution could be achieved by the Transmission of
>acquired characters.
>i.e Physical morphological changes occurring in one generation will be
>passed on to the next generation.

Peter

Knowing that Dee can answer for herself, I just want to make a small
comment on the above.
As Dee writes: "Then doesn't the genetics change slightly with each
mating....." it's clear this does not indicate lamarckism. She says
genetics change by way of matings which is as science understand the
changings of gentic set ups to form. If I understand her correctly she
proposes that environment, also including the size of the queen cell,
contributes or counteracts the genetics that goes best with small cell size
of worker bees, showing up in the total set up of performance of the
colony.

Erik