FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



in her usual place. Most of the bees, of course, adhered to the 

 lower hive when the queen was put up, but by the time she is 

 put down quite a force has hatched out, and these have marked 

 the upper hive as their location. Upon this being taken away, 

 the bees as they return from the field will settle upon the cover, 

 where their hive was, and form a cluster there; finally an 



Fig. 53 — Two Asters. 



explorer will crawl down to the entrance of the hive below, and 

 a line of march in that direction will be established immediately. 

 In a day or two they will go straight to the proper entrance. 



GOOD CHANCE FOR NUCLEI. 



We left, standing on the ground, the hive with its two 

 combs, which had been taken from the stand. These two combs. 



