her colony has reared another very fertile. Gave her to a queenless and broodless nucleus, am doubtful if
they tolerate her. Long imprisoned queens I begin to have doubts of. Some that I gave to a [illegible] were
killed G when they ought not to have been. Some young o queens laying for some few days, when [illegible] have
stopped for some time at least. Must investigate on this point further. (2nd) 52 to 80 degrees. Very
drying air. A large number of sealed queens distributed to nuclei have failed to hatch. Cold weather the cause. 
Change too sudden. Several nuclei (small) have abandoned. Must make some good ones, new, as I 
Growth in grace. Should be constant resembling the growth
of a tree or plant. Pres. day
ought to rear all the queens I possibly can. (3rd) 52 to 76 degrees. Very dry. (4th) [inserted: 42 degrees] Broke up for a friend
5 new swarms of black bees, next to no honey, one none, and swarms [illegible] it. 
Used the bees for nuclei. One of my colonies with beautiful drones expelled them all
today, furious to get rid of them, have refused to build queen cells, must have
a queen, the other with queen cells worrying them. Am afraid that I shall
lose them. Very dry and bees get nothing. Three black colonies had no brood. 
Had a beautiful queen from my best queen (for brightness) reared this year. Removed
a queen after caging her one night and gave at once a fertile queen in a cage,
found her dead in a few hours, stung to death. Like much feeding in vessels
set on the frames. Can feed as often as I please in daytime. (5th) 52 to 80 degrees. 
Strong southerly wind. Saw bees this PM on ironweed (Vernonia) and boneset, no pollen
but honey from each plant. Have fed now about a week in open air. Most of the colonies
do not seem to be excited or to go to it. Some very active, pure Italians especially. 
With movable comb hives may answer by exchange of combs, with common hives would be a very
poor plan indeed. Cannot yet find a queen in that colony that killed its drones yesterday,
a very few drones spared. Removed all the queen cells from the colony with the other lot of drones
and gave them only eggs, as I saw them pulling a little at drones. 6th. 70 to 80 degrees. Dry, hot. 
(7th) 76 degrees. Some of the stocks got considerable honey. Fog last night. Gave a large colony
(its queen removed) a caged queen, did not pile on it, removed and gave another, did not
pile on it, found it dead, gave another piled very much on it. Feeding in one spot in
the open air has not at all caused robbery. Stocks very near the feed not molested. 
Stock with drones has not started any more queen cells. Small nuclei tend to abandon. 
Do not queens reared from workers much developed tend to smallness and [illegible] of color. 
(8th) 68 to 84 degrees. Cloudy some. Some stocks are getting much honey. A nucleus mostly
black bees when their last queen cell gone, swarmed out, returned, showed great agitation
calmed with brood. Black bees appear to me to be more distressed at loss of queen. 
Removed queen of a large colony Sept. 2nd, gave caged for (48 hours) fertile queen. Sept. 7th. No eggs, many
queen cells, destroyed them. 8th. Eggs! And three more sealed queen cells! This colony has
been the last ten days gathering prodigiously yellow bee bread from ragweed. This a very
abundant source of pollen. Think seeing all my queens now pair with Italian drones. (9th) Last
night had heavy thunder and about one inch of rain, a truly blessed rain.