The queen bee in bee colony, although do not go out,collect honey, also do not secrete beeswax compose incubate lienal, but its lay eggs how many, having immediate effect to the development of bee colony and honey crop. In a flock of bees, if have an admirable queen bee, the quantity yield honey of normal time can amount to 40 ～ 50 kilogram, bee colony of can new branch 3 box of 1 ～ . Accordingly, raise a bee, must choose admirable queen bee.
Want young. Queen bee is in bee colony, general although can live 4 ～ 5 years, but after 2 years, lay eggs ability is met wear off. So, choice queen bee should be chosen young, with 1 ～ 2 years old had better.
2 want height. The body of queen bee is chief, ovarian canal is long, lay eggs also meet much. Should choose the admirable queen bee that body length controls in 25 millimeter commonly, body length cannot short at 20 millimeter.
3 want individual big. Connecting general reason condition to fall, the queen bee that weighs roughly, genital official develops, lay eggs much, laying eggs fill period, can lay eggs everyday 1000 ～ 2000. The gross weight of egg, often can exceed the weight of queen bee itself. Should choose weight commonly the admirable queen bee of 300 milligram above.
4 should lay eggs capability is strong. An admirable queen bee, want to be able to lay eggs everyday not only 1000 above, and yield egg wants orderly, produce full 1 lienal hind just go to another piece lienal on produce. If a queen bee lays eggs 1 day only hundreds of, come loose produce in lienal on, a few are produced here, over there produce a few, very irregular, can affect bee colony development and honey crop, should grant to fall into disuse.
