164 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



cages can be caiTJed in the pocket without danger of being in- 

 jiu'ed. 



FINDING QUEEN OP 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 



Fijj. 52 — Vase of Goldenrod. 



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

 ten 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 dis- 

 tance 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 



