. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 753. Can the Qiiecn-Bcc Establish the Sex of Her Offspring; at Wiil ? Written for the American Bee Joumxxl BY J. F. LATHAM. What constitutes "will power" ap- pears to be the basis on which problems like the above depend for a solution, and the question seems barren of indi- cators that would lead the investigator to grasp the subject firmly, unless he can, at the onset, decide that point— what the implied "will power" is, in fact. If the queen-bee can determine the sex of her progeny in embryo, while de- posit
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 753. Can the Qiiecn-Bcc Establish the Sex of Her Offspring; at Wiil ? Written for the American Bee Joumxxl BY J. F. LATHAM. What constitutes "will power" ap- pears to be the basis on which problems like the above depend for a solution, and the question seems barren of indi- cators that would lead the investigator to grasp the subject firmly, unless he can, at the onset, decide that point— what the implied "will power" is, in fact. If the queen-bee can determine the sex of her progeny in embryo, while de- positing her ova, would it not be rea- sonable to infer that all ovaviporous animals possess a corresponding faculty? The sexes in fowls of all kinds are more or less intermingled. The same principle of analogy is characterized in the bisexual distribution of the progeny of the viviparous species. It is seldom that a litter of pups, kittens or pigs are of one gender. Twin calves, or lambs, are often of both sexes. In instances of the quadrupeds named, can an obvious reason exist on which to base an opin- ion, that the "will power" is less potent in the distribution of the sexual qualifi- cations than what may be exercised by the queen-bee 9 The molecular influences, which are stimulated to activity during the act of deposition by the queen-bee, seem to be uniform in their specialty in all stages of organic life, whether displayed in the cosmic elements which surround our planet, the flowers of the fields and groves, the finny tribes, or man. The strongest desires predominate. That the forces that generate the sexes, so termed, are not mechanical, and there- fore undefinable in the present state of knowledge, is evident. "With this point in view, it would be rational to assume the partially metaphysical position that thought, or will power, must be a result of the molecular action of the brain. Holding this view of the subject. It would seem a reasonable extension of
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