The function createVirginQueens() should also work with just a mated queen (Pop) as the input

[janaobsteter]

[gregorgorjanc]

I think I know where your coming from - to simplify the creation of a base population? Could you show an example here please?

[janaobsteter]

Yes, exactly. For example, in the simulation, I first create x virgin queens for the founders --> then use q for queens and (x - q) for drone producing queens. Then I mate the queens and in the next step I want to "graft/multiply" the queens to get another generation of virgin queens, but that is currently not possible without having the queen in a colony. I think this feature would also be helpful in the simulation of grafting from a single inseminated queen.

[janaobsteter]

founderGenomes <- quickHaplo(nInd = 5, nChr = 1, segSites = 100)
SP <- SimParamBee$new(founderGenomes)
basePop <- createVirginQueens(founderGenomes)
drones <- createDrones(x = basePop[1], nInd = 50)
queens <- crossVirginQueen(basePop[2:5], drones = drones, nFathers = 5)
createVirginQueens(queens)

which returns an error: "Error in createVirginQueens(queens) :
Argument x must be a Map-Pop or Colony or Colonies class object!"

[gregorgorjanc]

I think we had this before, but for some reason we went back to "you can only create virgin queens and workers from a colony". I am open to going back;) Its and edge case, like with createDrones()`. Maybe we make it clear in the docs that this is a hack?

[janaobsteter]

I will change it back then and make it clear in the documentation, that this should only be used in special cases ("multiplying" the founders, case studies of inheritance ...)

[janaobsteter]

So, we are not allowing this now (again). We need to discuss what we want here.