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AIDS TO FINDING QUEEN. Y 



If, for some special reason, it is very important to 

 find the queen without any postponement, sometimes the 

 combs are put in pairs. Two of the combs are put in an 

 empty hive, the two being" close together ; then another 



Fig. 20 — Muench Hive-Tool. 



pair is put an inch or more distant from the first pair, 

 and the remaining combs in the hive on the stand are 

 arranged in pairs the same way. Wherever the queen is, 

 it will not be long before she will be in the middle of 

 whatever pair of combs she is on. Going on with work 

 at another hive, I return after a little, and look again 



