how do people ‘find the queen’ when moving a bee hive

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With thousands of bees in a hive, how does one fine THE queen in all that activity?

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The hive will ~~ball~~ **cluster** around the queen to protect her, so you follow the bees that seem to be following other bees. In the middle will be a completely different bee, that’s the queen

EDIT: “Balling” and “clustering” are different behaviours with specific meanings and I’m too sleepy to remember the one I wanted

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