bees much on white clover. Could see none on 2nd crop of red clover. (23rd) Warmer. A young queen when given
to a strange colony and examined curls up like a strange bee examined, bends her body (humping it) like a bow. 
Made a swarm by levying, never saw a colony more resolutely assailed by robbers. From heat of
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the weather and agitation of the bees could not shut up. Left the whole front open,
a quart or more of the robbers killed, and the Italians came off victorious. It seems next
to impossible for bees to rob an Italian stock in normal condition. Gave them a just hatched
queen when all was quiet. (24th) Very hot. Colony yesterday lost all its honey. This a
matter of course where killing robbers could not deter bees from crowding in. This AM gave them a full
comb of honey, robbers try them moderately, do not think that they will succeed. A large colony
made by levying has 18 queen cells. Removed 8 on one small piece 7 on another and two on another. 
The colony had a large number of sealed queens from an impure queen which was destroyed. Then a
2nd lot started, all of them of good size. Three large queens have already hatched. One 
15 minutes after an examination was found gnawing into queen cell, had opened a 
small hole. When removed in 15 minutes more the bees sealed it over again! Gave 
these three queens to nuclei whose queens were caged yesterday and removed this AM, well
received, in half an hour found one of them with as good a circle of bees around her as a
laying queen, all admiration. Am satisfied that I have made an important discovery. 
Today at 12 M, I took an [inserted: Italian] queen out of a large stock and put her with bees enough to make
a good colony into a six frame nucleus, plenty of honey and comb, bee bread. Two frames
of good worker comb (this year), from which young bees had nearly all hatched out. I
could see no eggs at 2 3/4 PM, but queen on comb evidently intending to lay. At
3 1/4 PM a few eggs laid, say she began to lay at 3 PM. object to see how
soon queens and workers can be reared from the egg. A few hours later queen that was
so much admired as much unnoticed as any other young queen. A queen hatched the projecting
wax part of whose cell was perfect, often gnawed away by bees, very often not. (25th)
Hot with beautiful showers, thunder. When queen removed after hatching, bees [inserted: often] open the side
of her cell, have given yesterday and today a number of quite young queens to nuclei just deprived
of fertile queens, having sealed queens. All well received. Gave a queen just crept out to a
strong nucleus with six sealed queens, put her at entrance, curled up when bees examined
her, in a short time found her at work on the queen cells. Gave a young queen hatched
yesterday probably, full colored and active, to a nucleus with eggs and worms, their sealed
queen had been removed six hours before, in a short time found queen with bees
knotted upon her, had not hurt her. The discovery I have made as to the immunity enjoyed
by just hatched queens very important in practical beekeeping. Removed old queen that
began to lay yesterday at 3 PM, at 12 M today. Have caged a drone laying queen to
see how long it will take drones to mature from the egg. (27th) Pleasant, a slight shower. 
On the 23rd the [illegible] locust () was in bloom a second time, a few
bees on the blossoms. Find some of the queens dead in cages in the queen nursery nucleus. 
If a queen not fully developed (by age) is given very apt to be neglected. 
(28th) 54 degrees. At 7 AM, a queen cell started from eggs of 24th. Worms very plentifully supplied with
food. At 8 AM, let out drone laying queen, no eggs or young worms in the hive. Is it