When bees build lots of parallel brace combs between frames, it usually
means that the frames have shifted apart for some reason.  The bees are
perfectly comfortable with this arrangement, but it's impossible to work
such frames, such as you admit when you say you can't find the queen in
this situation.  The only solution is to take these frames out, messy as
it may be, and scrape all the brace comb off, down to the depth where
you see the proper cell orientation.  You may have to sacrifice brood
and honey, but it still needs to be done.

I had a case of vandalism a couple years ago, where some hives were
tipped over sideways.  All the combs shifted to one side, and when I got
there about half of the space in all boxes was converted to this cross
brace comb.  You would not have liked to be around me when I was
resetting these hives!  I was as cross as the bees.

Ted Fischer
Dexter, Michigan USA