66 FIFTY TEARS AMONG THE BEES 



I liave used a common pair of gentleman's pocket scissors, and 

 I am not sure but I like them as well as the embroidery 

 scissors. It is just as easy to have a pair of these as a knife 

 constantly in the pocket. To make good work clipping, a knife 



Fi(j. 19 — Hive-seat tvitli Hand-holes. 



should be very sharp, and I find it is harder to have a sharp 

 knife constantly on hand than a sharp pair of scissors. Neither 

 io it so necessary that the scissors be sharp. 



FINDING QUEEN. 



Before a queen is eliiDped she must be found. I have seen 

 some attempt at rules for finding a queen, but after all is said, 

 you must do more or less hunting foi- a queen if you would 

 find her. I generally begin looking on the first frame of brood 

 I come to — hardly worth while to look on any frame before the 

 brood is reached — and as I raise the frame out of the hive I 



