if I cannot in this way get larger queens, such as we get from swarming hives. This plan
it if succeeds very important, and will prevent any tendency to degeneracy in size of queens. 
I am increasingly of opinion that Italian bees exhibit in many more respects than has been
supposed a marked difference from the black bees. I have already noticed the fact
that it is almost impossible from their actions to know when you have removed their
queens, that they are queenless. I am inclined now to think that when a queenless
stock receives a queen they do not make anything like as great demonstration as
black bees under similar circumstances. In making nuclei and artificial swarms
it has seemed to me that the Italians adhere to their new location very much better than
the black bees, that they have not so strong an organ of locality, this would explain
the fact that if there is but one colony of Italian bees in an apiary in a short time
a few Italians will be found at home in almost every colony. I shall now make
a number of experiments to test this point, for if I am right in my conjecture it
will greatly aid in forming nuclei and in other artificial processes. 
(4th) Very dry, not so hot. National Fast Day. Hear, oh Lord, and save thy people. 
(5th) Dry, oh how dry. A queen cell with side torn nearly all off repaired. 
For last ten days, in handling frames of half bloods, have dipped my hands
from time to time in a basin of cold water. Think that I am much less
stung, perspiration washed off, smell of poison washed off, hands cool and
wet do not seem to them to be the proper place for stinging. Shall go on
with plan until fully tested. Bees fasten lid when queen creeps out, also
slightly wax over a cap mouth of cell. Thought I saw a queen gnawing out from
side of a cell, opened and found a worker, had been capped in by bees. 
Sometimes lid sealed on, and then again hanging down and mouth of cell closed. 
Finding too many cells on my small corner pieces of comb, took worms out of most 
of them. A queen hatched five or six hours less than 10 days after the brood was
given to the bees. Several more in about ten days. (6th) Very dry, hot, some appearance of
rain. A queen hatched, lid of cell pasted fast, examined, did not notice this, the gnawed cells. 
Like very much the looks of the queens rearing in a small corner comb in full stock. Very easy to
put brood in corner. No disfiguring of combs. When first lot about ready to seal over can give
more, and so a third lot, and in the end get as many as now get in ordinary way and all good. 
Think many of my main queens of former years for want of bee bread, and too many, some began
after the worms are too far advanced to receive a full development. Find most of the just
hatched queens given to stock just deprived of queens, prosper. Will do, then, when we
have many queens, a superfluity of royalty. Plan, have in a moderate colony of pure
Italians (for gentleness) a large number of queen cells hatching about same time, open
often, cage the hatched queens, have caged queens about five days to a week or more
old, such as will be ready for drones, to supply all colonies from which queens
are taken, when honey and bee bread plenty. This would prevent too much fixing
up of combs till queens hatched and begin to lay, may on an average save a week
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