12 SUCCESSFUL BEE-KEEPING. 
swarm will work more rapidly than one having a good 
supply of stores on hand that is nearer by, and as we 
cannot always determine whether the swarm be located 
in the adjacent woods or at a hive beyond, by guessing, the 
distance may be very nearly found in the following man- 
ners 
Get the bees at work at two points a little distance 
from each other, and with suitable instruments construct 
a triangle, making the distance between these two points 
its base, as A B in the annexed diagram: the bees 
diverging from the line A Bin the directions A D, and 
B C, respectively. 
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Fig. 29. 
If we have constructed the triangle correctly, the dis- 
tance between the points A and B is proportional to the 
distances between £, where the lines A D and B C cross 
each other, and A and B respectively. If, now, the distance 
between the two points where we have the bees at work, 
be 20 rods, and the length of the line A JB, in our trian- 
gle, be made 20 inches, as many inches as there are in 
the line A Z or B E£, the location of the swarm is distant 
from the points A and B, in rods. 
When their vicinity is found, as indicated by the point 
where the lines cross each other, we must carefully mark 
the place and commence searching for the tree. This is 
the most tedious of the whole process, often requiring the 
nicest skill in getteng into the right position to discover bees 
