CHAPTER III 

 Improvement of Stock by Breeding. 



It is highly important that every person engaged in com- 

 mercial queen rearing, should make a careful study of the laws 

 of breeding, and make a conscientious effort to improve his 

 stock. Marvelous results have come from careful breeding 

 of live stock and poultry, and even more striking results have 

 attended the efforts of the painstaking plant breeders. Since 

 bees are subject to the same laws of heredity, there is no reason 

 why they cannot be likewise improved if the same care is given 

 to the selection and mating of queens, that is given to other 

 animals. 



Fig. 2. A large average production is only secured by careful attention 

 to the selection of stock. 



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