Furiku

Just wanted to say nice work on the article. I would have written more myself right away if I had the time, now we have a great platform for building on the article. -ramz- 22:47, 26 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! I thought Humanisterna deserved a proper wiki page so I wrote what I could think of but it can definitely be fleshed out a lot. I look forward to seeing others improving and developing it. Furiku 16:27, 27 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

In case you'd like a tip for another related article to improve, I'd suggest we expand Christer Sturmark's article. Unfortunately I don't have much time myself for writing an extensive article right now due to upcoming exams next week. -ramz- 18:09, 2 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

I was considering having a go at it but seeing as I know him personally I don't think I'm the right person for the job. It would feel a bit weird to say the least. I'm obviously gonna keep an eye on it though to make sure it remains factual. ;) Furiku 18:23, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I probably won't be of much help to you. Unfortunately I don't have a better source for the feeding sex-skew other than 'my uni lecturer said so!' However, google scholar gives about six hundred hits for 'bee "kin selection" sex ratio'. Please bear with me here, I wrote the wiki article from my uni notes which are on loan to someone else. I think that maybe the female has an ability to package semen? (or else the most motile + fit semen is used first, and it's probably from one drone, and then the queen is fertilised by less and less fit semen as time goes on?) Google mainly seems to result in "IVF for bees!" type hits. this paper looks like it would help, if you could get a hold of it. Sorry that I can't be of more help. -Malkinann 20:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

CAMARGO, J. M. F.; MELLO, M. L. S. (1970): Anatomy and histology of the genital tract, spermatheca, spermathecal duct and glands of Apis mellifica queens (Hymenoptera: Apidae). In: Apidologie 1 (4), p. 351-373