FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



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FINDING OUEEN OF SWARM. 



When the watcher finds a swarm issuing, he is pretty 

 dull if he does not become interested in looking for the 

 queen. I do not know of any sure way to find the queen, 

 but she is not often missed. I think I can find her most 



Fig. j2 — J'^ase of Goldenrod. 



easily by watching on the ground in front of the entrance. 

 \>ry frequently she comes out at the back end of the hive 

 or at the side, when the hive is raised on blocks. Rarely 

 she may be found at some distance from the hive, on the 

 ground, with a group of bees about her. If not found, 

 she is most likely in the hive, and the swarm may re-issue 

 in a day or two. She may be lost, but at this particular 



