Today, the agricultural business of Ballini applies the same techniques to study and improve the genetic patrimony of the Apis Mellifera Lingustica by adopting and thus experimenting new methods of artificial and natural insemination.

In the process of Queen bee selection, rigorous controls are carried out on beehives. Test seek to expose possible reproductive and or behavioral and health defects ensuring that only the best bees are selected thus enhancing the race of the Apis Mellifera Ligusta which is renowned for its vigor and collection capabilities.

In the breeding of the Queen bee and drone the same attention to detail and rigorous controls are applied. The success of and Apiculture depends on the perfection of the bees which can only be determined via such testing in particular throughout the mating period. The fecundation stations are located in two different valleys and are surrounded by beehives filled with preselected male broods from different colonies.

The queen bees are extracted from the fecundation stations only once the reproductive capabilities of the male broods has been verified. At the conclusion of this process, any possible genetic improvements are then made in agreement with the National Institute of Apiculture.