The bee's peculiar method of mating we believe to be due to a necessity to prevent the reproductive castes of the same hive
continuously mating; but the mating of queens with drones of the same strain and race is compatible with the production of sound stock, and further, is not only the true method, but the one endorsed by nature.
The belief in the necessity of the queen being crossed when mating, has undoubtedly led to extremes in that matter. At the present time, especially in this country, no breeding is considered right that does not include a considerable amount of out-crossing.
Practical Bee-Breeding by A. Gilman 1928
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