around the frame will hold the cages in place and let them be easily removed, or put them
thus. Young queens neither acceptable (very) nor the contrary to bees, as I have
so fully proved. They must therefore be able to feed themselves, they take
to it as a calf to the teats. Put it where they can get it and be kept warm and
they will get it. The plan in perfect harmony with facts, nature of young queens. 
Notice that as much attention seems to be paid to queens a few days old when caged
as to old ones, by bees under proper circumstances, would not however, keep the two
kinds in the same colony. Make the queen cages for just hatched queens very small
in diameter, flat to rest easily between combs, a queen cannot turn so easily
in them, easier to stop up without hurting. [crossed out: illegible] To see whether bees are
getting honey catch and throw into basin of water, then examine them safely. 
My long frames much easier to loosen than shorter ones would be, have by moving
one end a long lever principle. In making the mail box for bees, use no
wire cloth but [illegible] sides of two pieces 1/16 inch apart and leave the same front and
rear. (19th) 60 degrees. At 11 AM, a gentle rain began, and now at 2 PM, it is raining most
beautifully with prospect of a settled rain, praise God. For the last ten days things have
not suffered near so much as before, although we have had only a sprinkle or so,
air nearly saturated with moisture, corn shows the improvement, and even the
clover has been growing as if we had rain. Find the last cages too small, the size
should allow the queen to move very freely, should be flat but wider. 
Weather has been quite cool and find most of the queens in cages between the combs
have gone under. Bees have refused to take care of several from express boxes. When
they once form an attachment, very strong. In one colony a young queen in a far off
corner has her cage covered with bees. (20th) A blessed rain yesterday PM, and last
night, God be praised. Warm and showery all around, smell of buckwheat about
the hives. It seems to me that many of the [inserted: young] queens put into express boxes have lost their
color very much. Think that I shall have to return to the plan of cutting out the
queen cells, [illegible] for convenience in cutting out. Good Italian colonies which have
not been fed raising drones. Want to see if strong black colonies are doing the same. 
Bees stinging when crushed usually inflict much greater pain. Are the contents of poison
bag more thoroughly discharged in crush. Paper wads much better for queen cages than cotton,
bees gum them over, but gnaw more the cotton. Have not felt well this PM, and bees have
stung me unusually, hurts more than usual. (21st) Damp, warm, some rain. (22nd) Very
heavy dew, bees work well, find many fertile queens. Very few queens lost when
they go to meet the drones. Ten days after birth in any good stock or nucleus
generally find the queen laying. (23rd) 56 degrees. Fog, very heavy dew. Beautiful observation. 
Yesterday at 3 1/2 PM, I found my Dzierzon queen on drone cells just beginning to lay on a comb
next to the outside one (her colony is strong and is fed regularly). Not wishing to interrupt
her I closed quickly. This AM, find that she has laid many eggs in drone cells on that
comb, and more in the good worker cells. The drone eggs laid in cells not all