given (cage over two days) after their own removed. She had begun to lay but not on the comb with
queen cells, found a sealed queen (alive) in a nuclei which has had young queen hatched two
days. Large quantities of a very bright yellow bee bread brought in early in the AM. (14th)
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62 to 80 degrees. Most of the bees in July 24th nucleus have hatched, all the central ones and only
a rim two or more cells wide left unhatched. Considerable work done on buckwheat. 3 PM, nearly
all the workers of that (24th) nucleus hatched. It is now fully 20 days [inserted: 3 hours] since the queen was removed and
since any eggs could have been laid. The last hatched queen was on the outside circle. This
nucleus shows time of starting queen cell from the egg, time of sealing queen and worker cells, time
of hatching of queen and workers. Am trying to get queen in two strong nuclei to lay in drone comb so
as to test this point also. Nucleus with drone laying queen expelling its drones, has been
kept strong by worker brood from other hives. Another strong colony fed has a large surface
of sealed and unsealed drone brood. (15th) 62 to 86 degrees. Bees after dew is pretty well dried off
very busy on buckwheat. Wonderful difference in the working of colonies of apparently the
same strength, etc. A colony of black bees deprived of its queen three days ago had a
number of queen cells from drone brood, say nearly or about a dozen. The comb was new,
but not as central as one where they had two from worker brood. A queen some
six weeks fertile, carefully avoids [inserted: laying in] drone cells, stock very strong. By 10 AM [inserted: today] all
labor on buckwheat over. Nucleus of 24th had thirty unhatched workers at 6 AM,
20 at ten AM, every one on the extreme outside of the circle, 13 at 5 PM. Had about
400 in all. Drones incline to fly later also young bees to fly later such warmer weather. Where
the colonies are in the sun, bees found lying almost motionless on the sides and bottom
board, few on the comb. Queen in nucleus laid eggs in some worker cells on the drone
comb [illegible] none yet in the drone cells. Nuclei appear to be getting considerable honey now. 
(16th) 72 to 82 degrees. Thunder and slight shower before day, grass not as wet as heavy dew, little done
on buckwheat. Several showers during the day, equal to one nice one in all. July 24th colony
at 6 AM had 5 unhatched workers, at 3 PM the last one was hatching, just 22 days
and three hours after the queen was removed. At 7 PM, (15th) no drone eggs in the comb
given to strong nucleus, at 6 AM, (16th) a few, at 2 PM a considerable number,
removed comb at 6 PM, (do not think any more eggs were laid after 2 PM) and
gave to a nucleus with caged queen. (17th) 68 to 84 degrees. Sun obscured misty, bees very
active on buckwheat, bring much bee bread (and some honey) of a yellow (bee bread)
color. A few more such days and bees will get at comb building. (18th) 60 to 82 degrees. 
But little done on buckwheat. Wind southeast. Gave drone comb to nucleus at 7 PM, yesterday
at 6 AM, 40 or more eggs all on one side, at 7 PM, more laid a few on the
other side. Very hot. (19th) 62 to 84 degrees. Very hot in sun, clear, wind southeast, little done on
buckwheat, at 6 AM more drone eggs laid, comb tolerably well filled, still leave in the hive. 
(20th) 62 degrees. Dry, hot, next to nothing in buckwheat. Colonies that have been fed are
doing splendidly, raising drones. Shall now begin to feed in earnest, as it is not safe
to trust to natural supplies. Queen 13 days old fertile, another 9, another 10.