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