The first has to do with his ideas on nutritional management. The other concerns bee breeding and selection, somewhat controversial topics not covered in much detail by many resources on queen rearing. Artificial feeding of queen rearing colonies is required when there are no drone larvae present, is Mr. Taber's unequivocal response. He suggests, therefore, that 25-50 drone cells be scattered throughout brood comb. As a corollary, he also states that the amount of stored pollen is a poor indicator of colony nutritional status.
Ample pollen enables bees to rear drones.
In contrast to the two other resources mentioned above, Mr. Taber's book goes into much more detail concerning bee breeding and stock selection. However he says that an important theoretical problem still must be faced. This is the retention of sex alleles in the mating population. 1735 Neil Ave. Well, my pronouncement that it was not available was somewhat premature.