Chapter 36, Problem 5RQ

Summary Introduction

To suggest: The evidence showing that the hygienic behavior of bees in which, the bees uncap the cells containg the larvae infected by the bacterial disease foulbrood and removing the dead larvae from the hive, is transmitted by two independently segregating genes.

Introduction: Some strains of bees are called hygienic as they uncap the cells which contain rotting larvae and remove those from the hive. This behavior includes two components, first is the removal of cell caps, and the second is the removal of the larvae.