What is "to line bees"

Line \Line\ (l[imac]n), v. t.

1. To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book.

   He had a healthy color in his cheeks, and his face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety.
   --Dickens.

2. To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray. [R.] ``Pictures fairest lined.''
   --Shak.

3. To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.

   This custom of reading or lining, or, as it was frequently called ``deaconing'' the hymn or psalm in the churches, was brought about partly from necessity.
   --N. D. Gould.

4. To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.

   To line bees, to track wild bees to their nest by following their line of flight.

   To line up (Mach.), to put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth running. See 3d Line, 19.