Chuck Norton wrote:
> Often when searching for a queen I will gently puff upon a frame having a
mass of
> clustered workers. Sometimes, although rarely, you can find her as the
> cluster of bees disperses.
Interesting that you use the word rarely. Many books tell you to look in
these clusters of bees (I also puff or touch them lightly with a finger),
but I cannot say that I recall ever finding a queen under the mass of
workers.
Peter Edwards
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