FIFTY YEAES AMONG THE BEES 155 



cases can be carried in the pocket without danger of being 

 injured. 



FINDING QUEEN 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 



Fig. 52 — Vase of Goldenrod. 



not know of any sure way to find the queen, but she is not often 

 missed. I think I can find her most easily by watching on the 

 ground in front of the entrance. Very 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. 

 Tf not found, she is most likely in the hive, and the swarra may 



