diff --git a/src/main/java/forestry/apiculture/compat/ApicultureJeiPlugin.java b/src/main/java/forestry/apiculture/compat/ApicultureJeiPlugin.java
index ab9aedd089..8d5071554c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/forestry/apiculture/compat/ApicultureJeiPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forestry/apiculture/compat/ApicultureJeiPlugin.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package forestry.apiculture.compat;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import forestry.api.apiculture.BeeManager;
 import forestry.api.genetics.IAlleleSpecies;
 import forestry.apiculture.ModuleApiculture;
 import forestry.apiculture.items.ItemRegistryApiculture;
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ public void registerItemSubtypes(ISubtypeRegistry subtypeRegistry) {
 		Preconditions.checkNotNull(items);
 
 		ISubtypeRegistry.ISubtypeInterpreter beeSubtypeInterpreter = itemStack -> {
-			IAlleleSpecies species = Genome.getSpeciesDirectly(itemStack);
+			IAlleleSpecies species = Genome.getSpeciesDirectly(BeeManager.beeRoot, itemStack);
 			return species == null ? ISubtypeRegistry.ISubtypeInterpreter.NONE : species.getUID();
 		};
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/forestry/apiculture/genetics/BeeGenome.java b/src/main/java/forestry/apiculture/genetics/BeeGenome.java
index 01361e2902..39d7191965 100755
--- a/src/main/java/forestry/apiculture/genetics/BeeGenome.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forestry/apiculture/genetics/BeeGenome.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public BeeGenome(IChromosome[] chromosomes) {
 	public static IAlleleBeeSpecies getSpecies(ItemStack itemStack) {
 		Preconditions.checkArgument(BeeManager.beeRoot.isMember(itemStack), "itemStack must be a bee");
 
-		IAlleleSpecies species = getSpeciesDirectly(itemStack);
+		IAlleleSpecies species = getSpeciesDirectly(BeeManager.beeRoot, itemStack);
 		if (species instanceof IAlleleBeeSpecies) {
 			return (IAlleleBeeSpecies) species;
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/java/forestry/arboriculture/genetics/TreeGenome.java b/src/main/java/forestry/arboriculture/genetics/TreeGenome.java
index 617311ce2d..306b3a0d35 100755
--- a/src/main/java/forestry/arboriculture/genetics/TreeGenome.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forestry/arboriculture/genetics/TreeGenome.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public TreeGenome(NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound) {
 	public static IAlleleTreeSpecies getSpecies(ItemStack itemStack) {
 		Preconditions.checkArgument(TreeManager.treeRoot.isMember(itemStack), "ItemStack must be a tree");
 
-		IAlleleSpecies species = getSpeciesDirectly(itemStack);
+		IAlleleSpecies species = getSpeciesDirectly(TreeManager.treeRoot, itemStack);
 		if (species instanceof IAlleleTreeSpecies) {
 			return (IAlleleTreeSpecies) species;
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/java/forestry/core/genetics/Chromosome.java b/src/main/java/forestry/core/genetics/Chromosome.java
index a4a36394a4..fa6f0fb840 100755
--- a/src/main/java/forestry/core/genetics/Chromosome.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forestry/core/genetics/Chromosome.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 import forestry.api.genetics.ISpeciesRoot;
 
 public class Chromosome implements IChromosome {
-	public static final String UID0_TAG = "UID0";
-	public static final String UID1_TAG = "UID1";
+	private static final String UID0_TAG = "UID0";
+	private static final String UID1_TAG = "UID1";
 
 	private final IAllele primary;
 	private final IAllele secondary;
diff --git a/src/main/java/forestry/core/genetics/Genome.java b/src/main/java/forestry/core/genetics/Genome.java
index 91034378dc..9f5dd7f9ae 100755
--- a/src/main/java/forestry/core/genetics/Genome.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forestry/core/genetics/Genome.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-import forestry.api.genetics.AlleleManager;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagList;
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ private IAllele[] getDefaultTemplate() {
 	 * We need this because the client uses the species for rendering.
 	 */
 	@Nullable
-	public static IAlleleSpecies getSpeciesDirectly(ItemStack itemStack) {
+	public static IAlleleSpecies getSpeciesDirectly(ISpeciesRoot speciesRoot, ItemStack itemStack) {
 		NBTTagCompound nbtTagCompound = itemStack.getTagCompound();
 		if (nbtTagCompound == null) {
 			return null;
@@ -127,11 +126,13 @@ public static IAlleleSpecies getSpeciesDirectly(ItemStack itemStack) {
 		}
 
 		NBTTagCompound chromosomeNBT = chromosomesNBT.getCompoundTagAt(0);
-		String speciesUid = chromosomeNBT.getString(Chromosome.UID0_TAG);
-		IAllele activeAllele = AlleleManager.alleleRegistry.getAllele(speciesUid);
+		Chromosome chromosome = Chromosome.create(null, null, speciesRoot.getSpeciesChromosomeType(), chromosomeNBT);
+
+		IAllele activeAllele = chromosome.getActiveAllele();
 		if (!(activeAllele instanceof IAlleleSpecies)) {
 			return null;
 		}
+
 		return (IAlleleSpecies) activeAllele;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/forestry/lepidopterology/genetics/ButterflyGenome.java b/src/main/java/forestry/lepidopterology/genetics/ButterflyGenome.java
index 367503728d..39ca1806b8 100755
--- a/src/main/java/forestry/lepidopterology/genetics/ButterflyGenome.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forestry/lepidopterology/genetics/ButterflyGenome.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public ButterflyGenome(IChromosome[] chromosomes) {
 	public static IAlleleButterflySpecies getSpecies(ItemStack itemStack) {
 		Preconditions.checkArgument(ButterflyManager.butterflyRoot.isMember(itemStack), "Must be a butterfly");
 
-		IAlleleSpecies species = getSpeciesDirectly(itemStack);
+		IAlleleSpecies species = getSpeciesDirectly(ButterflyManager.butterflyRoot, itemStack);
 		if (species instanceof IAlleleButterflySpecies) {
 			return (IAlleleButterflySpecies) species;
 		}