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FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



^ly assistant, however, who is an expert at finding 

 queens, holds a different theory, and as a consequence 

 her practice is different. She thinks it better to go more 

 slowly and make sure of finding the queen first time 

 going over. She takes more time to go over the combs 

 the first time, but she doesn't often have to go over the 

 combs a second time ; so perhaps one way is as good as 

 the other. 



Fig. ig — Hive-Seat zuith Hand-Holes. 



If the queen is not found the second time going over, 

 she may be found the third time, but it is quite possible 

 that she is hid in sr.ch a way that it may be impossible 

 to find her with long searching. So it is economy to close 

 the hive, and try it again another day, or at least to wait 

 half an hour. 



