. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. Photo, R. Jack. Andre, Sleigh &> Anglo, Ltd. PARTHENOGENESIS IN CAPE HONEY-BEES. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., IQ16, Plate Photo, R. Jack. Andre-, Sleigh & Anglo, Ltd. PARTHENOGENESIS IN CAPE HONEY-BEES. Parthenogenesis amongst Workers of Cape Honey-Bee. 403 Owing to the straightforward nature of the foregoingexperiments and the absence of any conceivable source oferror, the writer has no hesitation in stating that has proved his case—namely, that the unfertilisedeggs of laying workers of the Cape variety of the honey-beeprodu
. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. Photo, R. Jack. Andre, Sleigh &> Anglo, Ltd. PARTHENOGENESIS IN CAPE HONEY-BEES. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., IQ16, Plate Photo, R. Jack. Andre-, Sleigh & Anglo, Ltd. PARTHENOGENESIS IN CAPE HONEY-BEES. Parthenogenesis amongst Workers of Cape Honey-Bee. 403 Owing to the straightforward nature of the foregoingexperiments and the absence of any conceivable source oferror, the writer has no hesitation in stating that has proved his case—namely, that the unfertilisedeggs of laying workers of the Cape variety of the honey-beeproduce mainly workers under the conditions obtainingduring the experiments, and that their eggs also developinto queens as readily as the fertilised eggs of ordinaryqueen bees. A few small drones are produced at times. Mr. Onions discovery suggests further lines of investiga-tion, and it is a source of regret to the writer that his officialposition as a purely economic entomologist prevents hisfollowing the matter further. The next important stepis to ascertain whether the Cape queens share the capa-bilities of the workers in producing females from un-fertilised eggs. It
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