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Nevertheless, [ have been trying for many years to show 
that any intelligent apiarist may isolate his own apiary ; 
he may isolate his own breeding stock without any unusual 
expense, and yet be able to mate his queens exactly as he 
wills ; while his selected drones will be so much stronger 
on the wing that odd drones from neighbouring apiaries 
will have no chance in the pursuit of his virgin queens. 
It is a very bad practice to allow drones to be produced 
indiscriminately in the apiary, as it is also to save any or 
all of the swarming queen cells the owner may find in 
various stocks. 
Perhaps he will say he saves only from several of his 
best. But that is not a sufficiently restricted line, as the 
several will never help him on the straight road to secure 
the best possible stock. The several allow for too many 
turnings ; he cannot follow them all without presently 
going astray. 
One Queen—One Season. 
Don’t forget that point ; there must be a selection of one 
queen only for the one season. One mother for drones 
and one mother for queens; and the one for drones must, 
if there is any difference, be the best of the two when 
starting. 
This is the method of isolation: there must be no other 
queens reared in securing breeding stock, and absolutely no 
other drones allowed to fly. 
Where the owner is well acquainted with the nature and 
color of his stock, he will know if his queens mate with 
his choice drones. If he only secures a smal! proportion 
mated as he wishes the first season, he has enough for a 
good selection the next year 
For the following Season’s Drones. 
He will then be able to select four to six daughiers of the 
