levying process have little doubt that it might be made to answer. Try it
rather late in PM, smoking each colony and moving frames, etc. Think it
much more likely to avoid quarreling than to shake out bees. Try it leaving
empty hive still in its place to see how many come back, and also removing
empty hive, if it makes a very great improvement in uniting stocks. 
(10th) 40 to 50 degrees. Cloudy most of the day, too cool for bees to fly much. Have added
from stronger stocks bees, combs, honey, and have not seen the slightest symptoms of
any disposition to quarrel. Seems to work just like the levying process. In a
few moments robbers driven off. If bees do recognize strange bees or queen by smell
am satisfied that they decide whether bees are to be treated as friends or not
more from actions than from anything else. Bees lifted out of hive on a frame
and permitted to gorge themselves and then set into another hive do not seem aware
that any change has been made and do not show any alarm or exhibit any
manifestations which lead the bees into whose hive they are set to imagine that
they are strangers, while the bees set into the strange hive and the [inserted: former] occupants of that
hive will each notice and assail the first robbing bee. A robber must
by the law of the Creator fly with his legs stretched out rudder fashion
behind him. If bees do not detect strangers by smell and robbers did not
always show their colors, mutual pillaging would almost ruin the hives. 
If we can unite colonies and equalize them in numbers as well as stores
late in the fall by merely shifting combs, it will be an immense gain in
practical beekeeping. The union of stocks (and equalizing of) that bugbear to
every practical beekeeper will be shorn of nearly all its terrors. (11th) 30 to 50 degrees. 
Bees get some bee bread. (12th) 32 to 52 degrees. Windy, rain before dark. (13th) Some rain a
very little last night. Day drizzly and some cloudy. In adding bees on their combs
to other stocks a very few killed in one stock. A colony of full bloods which had
a 2nd story had about 60 lbs. below, exchanged six of their full combs to help others. 
Hive has not been fed for a month, no brood, although very strong in bees. As a general
rule hives fed have brood but some have none. Put an infertile queen into a
nucleus whose hatched queen I could not find. In two days removed her and found the
hatched queen. It will hardly do to assert any law in the behavior of bees, queens
which does not sometimes admit of exceptions. Bees are sealing over the syrup fed
considerably, fear, however, that too much will be left unsealed. (14th) C. S. [illegible]
defected. 40 to 64 degrees. Beautiful day, bees very active on the wing, and on asters. 
The colony with drones expelling them. They have a queen about a week old, am afraid
that she is not impregnated. The bees in one colony a small one too have killed
the bees added to them. The bees today so eager to rob that much could not be
done in examining stocks. Sorghum syrup and half sorghum and half sugar syrup not
very greedily taken by bees. (15th) 44 to 68 degrees. Bees very active. Most of the 13 frame
hives were able to help three or four others. Like them amazingly, as by
feeding the strong stocks in them, feed is properly sealed over and made most
available for other weaker ones. Have now overlooked and prepared with winter stores
50 and broken up 4. (16th) 74 degrees. Very warm. Bees get some honey. Slight
shower with thunder. Fear that drones are all gone and do not feel at