Bee breeding is using the principles and methods of modern genetic breeding to continuously improve the existing bee varieties and cultivate new ones in a planned and step-by-step manner to meet the needs of beekeeping production. Its main techniques include artificial breeding, artificial bee distribution, seed production (including natural mating control and artificial insemination), seed selection, population productivity, morphological characteristics identification, economic and other biological characteristics investigation, breeding techniques, hybridization and combining ability determination, introduction techniques (including refined sugar production and queen bee mailing) and breeding file establishment techniques (including queen bee registration, numbering, population files and pedigree).

The content of this article comes from: Encyclopedia of Animals and Plants of China Agricultural Publishing House.