given them. Bees appear to me to be very much attached to old queens. My old
or failing Dzierzon queen is laying much more freely, her size has also increased
considerably. Strength does it. The strong colonies are rushing in the
honey, and every one of them in a few such days will be generously supplied. 
A small colony with many drones opened at 1 PM, and nearly every drone was out on
the wing. I have now plenty of queen cells, should always have them
so as to save time and to be generous in their use. Use them when in doubt
as to having queen. Brilliant sun brings out the color of the Italians finely. 
Took away a caged queen from a nucleus, in a short time they were running in and
out and showing signs of queenlessness, a rare thing to see with the Italians, they
had no brood, etc. Italian queens (seem to me) less disposed to leave
the combs when hives opened than black ones. Workers do not run in so
much agitation, not so easily frightened. (23rd) 60 to 81 degrees. Cloudy, misty a
little. Magnificent work done by bees, beginning as soon as they could see
to fly. No pollen, each bee crammed, must be honeydew. At 8 1/2 AM
examined a very strong colony of [inserted: very] dark bees which has a pure queen producing
splendid bees, her workers begun to hatch on the 7th (some few might have hatched
on the 6th) they are now 16 days old, a cloud of dark bees working, tumbling on the
alighting board, so gorged with honey, a very few Italians out, caught some, a very
little honey in their sacs. They would not go out so early to disport, but the gathering
propensity is not yet fully developed. (23rd) 66 to 81 degrees. [crossed out: Splendid work of bees on]
[crossed out: honey dew, never saw greater activity] (24th) 52 degrees. A little shower
yesterday at 10 AM, very little done by bees afterwards, very windy and
they did not incline much to work on aster. After sunset some rain, heavy
showers passing around us. This must end the honeydew. (24th) 54 to 69 degrees. Very
clear, a cold clear up. May God keep off the killing frosts a little longer. 
A caged queen liberated and well received by a circle of bees, began to pipe. 
A [inserted: nucleus] colony swarmed out, mostly young bees, all took wing. 5 PM. 55 degrees. 9 PM. 
40 degrees. 10 PM. 42 degrees. (25th) 38 to 60 degrees. White frost, no damage. Sans Deo. Beautiful
day, not much done by bees. In the PM, wind changed to southwest. At sunset the
previous night there was a high wind, at 11 PM, still some wind, but for wind we
should have had a [crossed out: illegible] killing frost. At 9 PM today 48 degrees. 26th. 48 to 69 degrees. 
Transporting bees. When brood feed before shutting up with quite thin
syrup or honey, they will then suffer none for water. Not much of a day for
honey although perfectly clear and beautiful. Will this warmer weather give another
honeydew. In a large lot of queen cells one almost always hatches a day or more
before the others. This has happened so often that it seems very much like a law to enable