The secret life of bees book!

Question

in chapter 3, the quote at the beginning of the chapter is "new beekeepers are told that the way to find the elusive queen is by first locating her circle of attendants."

please explain the message of this quote to me! thanks!! :]

Answer 1

The epigraph of this chapter tells us that an elusive queen can be found by finding her circle of attendants. In Chapter Three, Lily makes a very important step toward finding her mother: she finds out about someone who may have known Deborah. Thus, Lily has located a potential “circle of attendants.”

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