Honeybees, especially crucial for their pollination services, are vital to agriculture and the environment, but bee breeding was largely a matter of chance until Professor Harry H. Laidlaw Jr., (1907-2003) the father of honeybee genetics, developed artificial insemination technology. His work enabled selective breeding of honeybees and the fundamental study of insect genetics. In 2001, the 澳门六合彩开奖结果走势图 Bee Biology Laboratory was named the 鈥鈥 in his honor.
