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Glass. If glass is used for storing surplus honey, its coldness is a
great objection. But if a cover be put over in cool weather it will
obviate this objection. In very hot weather glass is the best material. 
Glass boxes. Glass may be cut into suitable sizes, and pasted in the frames of
boxes. The sizes may differ so that in cool weather the smaller boxes may
have a larger one placed over them. Glass hives may in their way have great protection
given to them. The hive may be small, then a larger one covering, then a larger one still. 
Journal. on the red clover, or is it their greater strength that enables them to [illegible] their [illegible]
Very busy on hemp. Get very small loads of honey. (2nd) Very hot sun. White clover more fragrant
bees more upon it. Do not Italian bees follow it up longer than black bees because of their
superior energy. Bees more numerous on red clover. Have no large fields of it near me. (3rd) 68 degrees. 
Bees very busy on tassels of Indian corn. Bee bread yellow, abundant, very loosely packed and
very easily detached from legs, caught going into hive have a very small load of honey. 
Colony made July 23rd and robbed, which had just hatched queen given, has queen cells. I saw
the young queen next AM, not confined and lively. It is demonstrated that young queens
cannot be introduced in this way, and yet it seems to answer with nuclei. Have I tried
it with nuclei that have worms fit for rearing queens? A nucleus [illegible] the feed for 15
days. Am feeding 8 strong stocks nightly with a tumbler full of sugar syrup to encourage
drone breeding. (4th) 68 degrees. A nucleus deprived of fertile queen and having only eggs runs over the
front of hive very much. During the honey and active breading season often cannot tell from actions of
bees that their queen has been removed. Bees gathering more this AM than for a long time. Think
that it comes possibly from tassels of Indian corn. Very numerous on hemp, yields some honey, busy on
red clover. Sun very hot, nucleus opened showed few bees on comb, many on bottom and sides of box. 
Thunder, hail, very heavy shower with wind, in half an hour or less as much rain fell
as the other night, half of it nearly when the sun was visible. (5th) 70 to 82 degrees. Thunder nearly
all day, showers passing all around. Bees active on corn, at work on hemp mostly
early and late, so late today that I could hardly distinguish them on the blossoms. 
Bees fed expect it about dark, hang out most where the feed is set on portico. A queen
4 days impregnated, had not laid some hours after the four days. 6th. 70 to 82 degrees. Cloudy, very
close, dog day weather. No bees on hemp at midday, many on red clover. A queen 18 days old just begins
to lay. Another just 9 days old fertile. Queen mentioned yesterday fertile this PM, nearly five days after impregnation. 
Another not laying when four days just up. Missed several which I think have been devoured by hornets. (7th) Hot, muggy
showers around, a dash here. Italian bees very busy on red clover. Honey considerable in open cells. Colony robbed of all