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Gentlemen. On my plan bees may be kept as gardeners hives, by those who wish
to have the pleasure without the labor. A practical apiarian and takes charge of a
gentlemen's hives for the season, just as a gardener of his garden. Wings of queens clipped 
honey taken, comb changed, etc. , etc. This I believe will greatly extend bee keeping. 
some queens had hatched by pushing base hard with pin head, one covered again when the cap
was hanging down, one when capped taken off sealed over, and when opened sealed over, and so
for four times, even after queen had hatched and had her liberty. Some queens have been hatched a
considerable time before I saw them, and yet had not meddled with queen cells. The season has been
so poor that common drones are probably all gone, and I shall have much less trouble than last year. 
If I can preserve my Italian drones I shall have here a very good opportunity to breed fine queens. 
Two young queens given to nuclei missed. One to a long queenless nucleus, the other to one just deprived of
its fertile queen. Beautiful shower this noon. Goldenrod roots that I set out seem
to be spreading. Smell of buckwheat about the hives very decided this day. 
A [inserted: rich] colony for considerable time has been queenless. Bees have attempted to rob it, gave them
a queen, very few bees. Today they began to get the upper hand, gave it brood, bees, etc. 
(they confined the queen) and shut it up. Saw all the steps which such a colony takes
downhill, except moth ruin, few moth this season, very few in nuclei compared
with last season. (11th) 70 degrees. Nucleus made on the 24th [illegible] queen removed 28th, had its
last queen hatched last night, sealed. (3rd) 1 PM. It was examined at 10 PM, last night, queen
pale and could not be more than a few hours old when examined at 5 AM, on the edge and may
have been among the last eggs laid. Queen removed at 12 M. on the 25th, if the egg was laid about
that time this queen took 16 1/2 days to develop. Weather has been hot day and night, plenty of bees,
plenty of honey. Have kept two young queens (just hatched) away from bees two days. Fed only early
and late yesterday, very lively. (12th) 62 to 80 degrees. Bees busily at work on buckwheat. That colony which
sealed over queen cell (of hatched queen) so often did it again! Some splendid queens have hatched
yesterday and today. Noticed bees very attentive to a young queen hatched yesterday, almost as
much as a fertile one. 6 PM. Few workers hatched in colony made on 24th July, just 19 days
and two hours since the queen began to lay, weather has been hot day and night. The first queen
hatched just 4 days sooner than the first worker. (13th) 62 to 80 degrees. Learn that some 40 acres of buckwheat
acceptable to my bees, work well on it today. Workers of July 24th nucleus hatching numerously 5 AM. 
Queen cells hatching from hive given July 29th, some hatched five days ago. Nucleus swarmed out quite
early, had caged queen, and just hatched queen, found just hatched on the outside before the bees got back,
caged queen very much agitated. Bees from nucleus of 24th hatched most centrally, yet not all. Found many
sealed and unsealed queens in colony to which a fertile queen had been