This AM at 8 o'clock saw one drone hatch, at 10 AM, a dozen or more. She
probably laid very soon after comb was given, say by 8 AM. In that case the drones
were about 24 days in hatching. Queen seen just laying on a drone worker comb August 13th
3 PM. September 7th. 5 1/2 AM, a dozen or more had hatched, were not over about
six hours old. Weather for the most part unfavorable and the stocks were good. 
(11th) 58 to 74 degrees. Bees work well, rather cool. (12th) 54 degrees. A beautiful queen
hurt in a contest with another just hatched one so that some of her legs were paralyzed
has been fed by herself for two days, she is now strong enough and might make a
good queen, but her color has sadly degenerated. It would seem then that
to fix the color of queens they ought to be favorably situated. (See my previous
remarks on this subject) (12th) 54 to 66 degrees. Bees work considerably but too cool. 
Have had a number of beautiful queens hatch today, over a dozen of very
beautiful queens have come from one, Dzierzon drones not so beautiful as
many of my Gilden drones but more uniform, have seen as yet no very poor
ones. A [inserted: full] colony from which queen was taken and just hatched queen given kept
her a day or two, then she was missed and queen cells started. 13th. 48 to 68 degrees. 
Cloudy and some rain, bees get but little. (14th) 55 to 76 degrees. Very moist
and windy weather. In the AM, bees worked admirably, smell of
buckwheat strong much honey from weeds. A young queen stung or
crippled by another and kept tucked up lost color much. Last night
put a very handsome, just hatched Dzierzon queen into nucleus box with a few
bees, she appeared quite weak. This AM, she was nearly dead, and all
her color faded out. Until color is fixed by age, very uncertain. Notice
more drones in queen cells, where bees had plenty of worker brood. In two
instances today found cell of hatched queen closed by bees and a worker imprisoned. 
Gave bees from one stock to another on comb, some were killed,
clapped or drummed the hive and all went right. Might easily send
off one or more queens in mail boxes with express box. (15th) 50 to 66 degrees. Too
cool for bees to gather much, they are working yet on buckwheat. Two
beautiful queens that have been kept in flannel and fed from time
to time for over three days are nearly dead and awfully degenerated in color. 
Beauty in bees is only skin deep. Took out a frame of honey, set in against
the hive and was called away, gone for over an hour, hive opened and frames
separated. Found thousands bees trying to rob, many getting honey from outside
comb. After shutting up in half an hour all quiet, about a pint of bees killed. 
Bee bread, nuclei generally out of bee bread. Cut some from large
hives into small squares and laid on bottom boards, nuclei greedy for it. 
Shall now begin to accustom bees to the winter entrances, so as to have
the hives closed entirely below.