30 - THE BEARING OF QUEEN BEES. 
queens. The mere fact that mating takes place in the air, out of the 
control of the bee keeper, is no reason why care should not be taken 
in the selection of drones which are allowed to fly in the yard. When 
breeding any race, Italians for example, it is not enough that all the 
drones be Italians; they should be selected as to hone} x production of 
the workers, proliiicness of the queen, or any other quality which is 
considered in choosing a breeding queen. 
Selection of drones may be accomplished by the use of drone traps 
or by cutting out drone comb. For absolute safety the drone trap is 
preferable, since some drone brood uiay escape observation. When 
most colonies are requeened every season, only queens of breeding 
value should be kept, since old queens produce larger numbers of 
drones. 
