Quote Originally Posted by FatBoy View Post
WAY OFF BASE HERE! BUT...what if it could be possible for her to retain sperm from the pastel breeding last year and the pastel and spider sperm both fertilized the same egg this year resulting in a bee????? I know everyone says that is not possible, BUT WHAT IF?? If this turns out to be a bumblebee something has to have happened!! Mom is definately not pastel.
I dont think thats possible considering the fact that to fertilize an egg and create "life" you need 2 sets of genes to come together to form one.

A third wouldnt fit into the equation.