FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES r>il 



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

 as the other. 



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 such a way that it may be impossible to find her with long 



Fig. 19 — H'ive-seal uith Tlund-holes. 



searching. So it is economy to close the hive, and try it again 

 another day, or at least to wait half an hour. 



AIDS TO FINDING QUEEN. 



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

 queen without any postponement, sometimes the combs are put 

 in pai''«. Two of Iho combs are |.)nt in an empty hive, the two 

 being close together; then another 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 



