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breed from either of them ? Even admitting that it 

 were practicable to do so, there is no necessity for it, 

 as the number of both queens, drones and workers 

 that may be bred from a small number of perfect 

 queens is almost without limit. 



So well are " all the leading facts in the breeding 

 of bees " known, that they are now increased with 

 as much certainty as that of any of our domestic 

 animals. 



CARE REQUIRED IN BREEDING. 



Great care will be required in propagating the 

 Italian bees, to keep the breed pure, or up to the 

 standard of the imported ones. This can only be 

 done by removing them away a distance of not less 

 than five miles from all of the common kind, for the 

 purpose of having the young queens impregnated by 

 Italian drones. 



Each person should commence with not less than 

 two Italian queens, in order that the queens bred 

 from one hive may be impregnated by the drones of 

 the other, and vice versa, as hereafter directed. 



New beginners in Apiarian pursuits will do well to 

 procure full hives, whether of Italian or common 

 bees, with which to commence the business. 



When queens are procured for the purpose of. 

 uniting with common bees, select thrifty hives for 

 that purpose, being careful to remove all drones and 

 drone brood, and supply them with empty drone and 

 worker comb. The queens are then to be united as 

 directed in Chapter xxvm. 



