Cross-breeding

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NEEDS AN INTRO

To avoid cross-breeding:

  • get the A.m.mellifera queens from a queen breeder who has arranged isolated mating for queen production
  • always change the freely paired queens after the first generation to purebred queens
  • arrange a purebred mating station for your queen production
  • remember that the original pure A. m. mellifera drones are still present in the second queen’s generation regardless of the mating combination
  • artificial insemination can be used for pure mating, if an isolated mating area cannot be arranged