not begin to lay until she had entered upon the 7th day after she was seen to be impregnated. 
Another in a small nucleus began to lay just as the three days had passed after impregnation. 
 (30th) 92 degrees. Blazing sun. Well has given out, used too much for watering. Find one of
the most splendid queens I ever saw mismated. Think that I have so many drones
that few queens will after this be mismated. Found a queen quite young about
a queen cell, caught her, in a moment the other one crept out, her color, etc. showed
that she might have done so before. Can see no signs of queenlessness in the stocks
or nuclei from which I take laying queens. (31st) Hot. Showers passed north and south, a
little sprinkle here. [illegible]
August 1st. Hot. Showers in the air. Find a number of beautiful Parsons and Dzierzon
queens fertile. How to select and preserve drones for late summer and fall
breeding of queens. I have been feeding a number of stocks in 13 frame hives to have
them breed a 2nd edition of drones. Some of them had and some had not expelled
their drones, none of these [inserted: queens] have yet laid any fresh drone eggs. This may be owing to
too scanty feeding or to the queens being old. Those which had not killed off their
drones have not molested them. Drones are killed because forage fails. In seasons
and probably in climates where it does not prevail they are preserved. Now to keep them
see that it fails not. Feed about half a pint to a pint of syrup daily at dark
on the portico. Make it rather thin to save trouble in getting water for the brood. 
If combs fill up too much remove and exchange with empty combs of nearby stock. 
Select for these operations the colonies which contain the handsomest drones. 
We have always hitherto been able to select the handsomest and choicest mothers
to breed from but have had next to no control over the fathers. If we shut
up our poorly colored drones, then black drones from other apiaries have only a greater
opportunity to work us harm. By preserving our choicest drones until the others are
killed we are able to select both parents and may hope to make much more
rapid progress in improving our Italians, if they are susceptible of improvement. 
Found a fertile queen liberated Saturday not laying, one queen cell advancing, others
suspended. Have to have a regular fight with nearly every colony of half bloods
that I open. The opening many of such every day and many of the full bloods enables
me to be sure that I am right in my opinions. Not every colony of impure bees
is savage, every colony of pure ones is peaceable. Great mistake of most writers
and others to generalize from too few facts. I aim to get the general law, and
with bees as with men almost always find exceptions. Huber generalized too quickly
when he decided that a queen caged prevented colony from building queen cells. They sometimes
neglect to do this when queen removed. Only by many experiments and operations again and
again can be sure that we have the law. Huber did not often generalize from too few facts. 
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