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April 15, 1852. Flower pot, for tumbler. comb fastened on to
glass, when removed cut from sides and comes out whole on
glass, see from upper glass when full. 
Journal for July 10th 1863. 48 to 68 degrees. Clear, cold. Bees work much on white
continued from I n clover, but gather little. In removing queen cells one hive
very strongly assailed by robbers, afraid they would take it I shut it up, in half an hour
opened it, they killed many, but succeeded in beating off the robbers. Grass full
of drones, many of them very young. Am afraid that I shall be badly off for drones. 
Shall feed some colonies to encourage drone breeding. [illegible] red clover about
ready to blossom. Pressed a drone, heard quite a loud pop. 19th. 46 degrees. Found
brood regularly laid, by fertile worker. Queen cells sealed in the nucleus. [crossed out: illegible] In the PM of June
23rd I put queen of (51) with a good number of her bees into a nucleus with empty
comb. Removed her next AM, she having laid some eggs. On the 1st of July one cell
was sealed. [crossed out: In the AM] [inserted: At sunrise] of July 8, found two queens hatched, one killed, same
day the other hatched (three queen cells were made). These two queens could not have
been more than 14 1/2 days from the egg. This demonstration. (18th) 45 degrees. Cool, dry, rain and
heat much wanted. Two large colonies deprived of queen have taken no steps to replace
her. (19th) 54 degrees. Sun very hot. Bees very busy on white clover, get but little honey
from it. (20th) Sultry, cloudy. A [inserted: large] colony deprived of its queen cells, [illegible] 18 more
supposed pure and yet some of the queens [inserted: very] small and meanly colored. Side of queen
cells gnawed open often in less than half an hour after queen has hatched. 
Beautiful showers this PM. In a nucleus a queen hatched (colony [illegible] about half an hour
before). She bad gnawed into side of another queen cell, her own cell had its side gnawed into
she was still quite pale. Removed her and in less than two hours another cell opened on
its side so that motions of queen seen, opened it, could hardly walk but not hurt,
bees must have done this. Instigated by queen? Perhaps not [illegible] her. This queen
just able to feed, kept it till it could walk pretty well, bees then tried to drag it out of hive. 
Kept it warm in hand, feeding occasionally till it could travel well, bees then accepted it. A few
days took away fertile queen and gave at once just hatched, accepted. (21) Cool,
cloudy. In two instances saw queens just ready to hatch (cells open at mouth) with
cells gnawed into the on side. In one instance bees as attentive to the queen with her head
out as to a fertile queen. Delayed queens are often gnawed out by the bees. 22nd. Warmer,