How to find a wild hive: I haven't tried this myself, but I am told this is the method used to find bee trees in the distant past. From your frames that are being cleaned (or whatever the bees are feeding on), collect a dozen or so live bees, and put them in a box. Watch the direction bees go when they leave the feeding area, then set out in that direction following a bee. When you lose sight of your first bee, release one from your box and follow her. Repeat the process until you either find the colony or run out of bees in your box. Again, the caveat: I haven't tried this. You might want to try this from about 1/2 mile away from known bee colonies (and prove it works) before you get led into a poison ivy and bramble patch by the wild bees. W. G. Miller Gaithersburg, MD