Journal continued from G u Aug. 6th, 1864. 
8 PM. At 5 PM, the heavens grew dark, the God of glory thundered, and
at 6 1/2 PM, the rain began to fall. Inestimable good has been already done. 
May God grant us still more from that river which is full of water. 
I have given several young queens to strong stocks deprived of queens, putting them to watch
them on the alighting board, they show their queen shyness by making for the interior
with as much dispatch as old fertile queens. One with lid open had her cell
cut out and brought into the house. She was a long time in coming out, dodging
back and showing great caution and timidity. The colony made by setting bees, combs, etc. 
into an empty hive, have adhered well, much better than black bees. Think that
Italian bees will accept of queens much more readily than black bees. It seems
to me that many of their habits, instincts and peculiarities are very different from
those of the black races. Find that decayed wood of a much lower texture which
will give a very large volume of smoke is the thing to use with cross stocks. 
They are very quickly overpowered by such a profusion of smoke. Am more and more
charmed with the mitior moribus of the pure Italian bees. Open all such colonies
without any smoke, etc. , and am hardly ever stung. Open at night to see if queens
have hatched and find them seldom disposed to fly. Removed my original Dzierzon queen
from her colony to a nucleus to get eggs in small frames to send to friends. Could
see not the slightest evidence of queenlessness. Nor in any of the colonies or nuclei
which I deprive of queens can I see any such signs. I shall bring home my
few stocks of black bees to Italianize them, and to compare them with the
Italians in this respect. 7th. Very hot, sticky weather, showers all around us. 
 (8th) Very hot. Beautiful observation. On the 3rd gave corner brood to (74) to get large
queens, in a few days with the head of a pin lifted out and destroyed all the worms
in the royal cells but five. Just as these were ready to seal over, gave brood in the
opposite corner, today found all the cells of the latter piece empty, and quite
a number of queen cells going on in the first corner. The bees unwilling to lose
their labor on the queen cells begun and emptied by me had carried the worms
from the second piece, put them in the empty royal cells and are now busily
engaged in giving them the royal treatment. Bees sometimes do transport eggs
or worms, sagacity, instinct, no. By using rotten wood that makes a
large volume of smoke, also dipping hands in cold water I have opened a
number of savage half bloods with only a sting or two. Have at last outwitted
age venomous. Am now caging just hatched queens and keeping them
over their colonies on the frames, they are well attended to by the bees. Shall try this plan
of many queen cells maturing about the same time placed in one stock, more fully. 
They can be separated, put back to their colonies, over night if need be. I select
full bloods for taking care of them as I can open day or night without being annoyed. 
Dzierzon queen when put in a nucleus has laid eggs in a poor comb, some of the cells old
but very shallow, shall do all I can to get the bees to develop them and see if they