causes at work which will give us a warm fall. Some strong colonies in bees and
honey have only a very little brood, others with very little honey have considerable
brood. To have queens breed late, feed, a quart of syrup, fed in about a week
would probably at this time cause several thousand eggs to be deposited. Few or none
of the late hatched bees would be lost, as they would not go out to work. 
If bees are lost late in cider mills, etc., getting late brood would be very
important. (7th) Very windy, in the PM, wind changed from southwest to northwest,
grew cold fast, at 10 PM 44 degrees. (8th) 34 to 44 degrees. Very piercing wind from northwest. 
Sun obscured almost all the time, 9 PM, 38 degrees, not a bee moved. 9th. 
30 to 48 degrees. Killing frost, squash, melons, etc. killed tomatoes, potatoes, much
[illegible] (10th) 38 to 61 degrees. Beautiful day, [illegible] bees very active, honey
still from asters. (11th) 34 to 58 degrees. White frost, beautiful day, a
queen impregnated. So late in the season last queens and drones fly much
earlier in the day than in hot weather. Bees busy on asters in campus. 
Queen born in October as handsome as at any time. On the 6th
some of the fed colonies began to get rid of their drones. If hives are opened
at the time drones fly they incline to fly off of the combs. My Dzierzon queen
lays considerably, quite a number of her eggs are drone. Annealed wire
just the thing for fastening in large combs. In this cool weather must be very
careful about having combs not old, much more brittle than in hotter weather. 
(12th) 48 to 60 degrees. Rather windy, queen 16 days old impregnated, one 15 days old
yesterday. Colonies too fat late in summer might have honey removed, empty
comb given, fed with their own honey to get brood. In strong stocks not fed a
number of drones still. (13th) 34 to 52 degrees. White frost, beautiful day. Some drones
on the wing. Quite a number of just hatched queens given at once to nuclei
and strong stocks just after removal or caging of their queen. Destroyed. It
will not answer so late in the season to give them this way. In a [crossed out: hive] [inserted: stock] with three
stories, found queen in upper story, breeding over. Another of a litter of queens has
hatched 24 hours before the rest. Is not this a general rule. Robbing. 
By letting the whole entrance remain open, the bees form a strong line of battle,
also on the board before hive. Shutting up disconcerts them. Doubtful impregnation. 
Late in season when queens decline to lay, if doubt whether a queen
is impregnated, let her fly, can see whether she has been out. Today I found
only eggs in [crossed out: three] [inserted: four] good colonies where queen had layed well about two
weeks ago. Bees did not brood the eggs. Brood will soon be gone. 
10 1/2 PM, 36 degrees, white frost already. (16th) 30 to 59 degrees. Heavy frost, splendid day,
drones in full flight. Bees get honey still from the asters. Another strong colony