C i
Clipping wings of queens. Let the right pair of wings be clipped as soon as
young queens begin to lay. 2nd year front of other pair. 3rd year,
the whole. Age of queen then known easily. When it is the intention to ascertain
how long they will live, 1st year clip off anterior one of right pair. 
2nd year, posterior. 3rd year, half of anterior of left pair. 4th year, half of posterior;
5th year, whole of anterior of left pair; 6th year, whole of posterior. This might by clipping before
cutting be carried through eight years. 
June 2nd, '52. Clipping of wings will not prevent queens from leaving brood in hives
which do not suit them. Yesterday one left, also again today the same one. 
Can in a properly prepared bee garden be easily found and bees made
to go just where you want them. New system of swarming if they will
swarm with clipped wings. 
June 14th, 1853. Four hives in one
Fronts doubled. 
1, 1, 1, 1 are nailed 7/8 from end of
BB [bottom board] so that outside pieces may
be nailed on to come not quite up so
to give protection and support cover. 
Roof of cover to slant both ways. 
Cover to elevate either way and rest on
roof of lighting board. 
Such hives not to be moved about, covered space for them better than single hives. 
They might have windows on 2, 2, 2, 2. Such hives [illegible] their protection would defy weather. 
Would be most admirable as non-swarming honey gatherers. 
a, a, a, a need not project, nail outside on to edge of BB [bottom board], save the raw edge for rain, etc. 
Jan 17th. A quadruple hive will be too clumsy. Two men cannot handle it and on the
whole it does not save so much, facing both ways has several objections. I incline,
therefore, to the single and double hives. (18th) A double hive cannot be moved by one person
and if two necessary they can as well handle a triple hive. There would be very great economy
in time and material in constructing such a hive, also in protection. Perhaps
a triple hive is as far as it is desirable to go. 