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queen than by her own. If it so happens that 



a queen has no opportunity to mate, she may 



still lay large numbers of eggs which will hatch, 



but they will all produce drones. If her 



mother was purely mated her offspring will be 



pure, but if her mother was mismated, her 



drones will be impure, regardless of the fact of 



whether she is purely mated herself or whether 



she be mated at all. It thus sometimes happens 



that a mismated queen whose mother was 



purely mated will produce drones which are 



pure, and her female offspring influenced by 



her own impure mating will all be crosses. It 



should be mentioned in passing that one mating 



is sufficient for life and a mismated queen is 



unable to produce pure offspring from later 



pure matings. 



The Pkactical Result. — While the 

 above conditions add greatly to the perplexities 

 of the queen breeder who would breed scien- 

 tificallv, thev offer decided advantages to the 



