My current plan is to get all the princesses and at least one drone to have the same active and inactive traits. After that, I run them through automation. I've gotten most of my overworld bees to this point. I'm also trying to get Short/Fast traits onto my Meadow bees but of course I have to cross them with my nobles.
Now I'm trying to figure out what I should do for my Imperials.
Currently I have: (Lifespan, Speed)
Noble x5: Short, Fast
Majestic x5: Shortened, Normal
Imperial x1: Normal, Slower
No matter which one I choose, my new Imperial should have a better lifespan than what the Noble already had. Unfortunately the speed has a chance to get worse. So should I breed the Nobles with the Majestics to get the rest of my Imperials or should I breed the Nobles with the Imperial drones or should I breed the Majestics with the Imperials?
One other idea I was thinking about is to refine the Majestic first by breeding it with the Imperial. Hopefully I can get the Majestic to pure Normal, Normal. In the process, maybe I could do the same for the Imperial. Once they are both pure Normal/Normal, I could breed the Nobles with the improved Majestics or Imperials...
This stuff is so complicated. I wish Forestry would add more sorting machines into the mod for more automation convience other than just the Apiarist pipe. I'm assuming the only way to fully automate this is with some sort of complex computercraft or sortron setup, right?
btw, what 'ultimate stuff' do we actually get from these bees other than the backpacks that can carry 45 items? I've searched through the uses of all these combs and haven't really noticed anything.
Thanks