Journal about corn cobs. Removed a queen two days ago and gave her caged to another
colony, when uncaging her she took wing, her colony had been broken up, in
a few minutes found her (a number of rods from hive to which she had been given)
on the grass near the apron board of her old home. When there is but
little brood in a hive I almost always find queen whether old or young on
the brood. Today two queens hatched about the same time, first of litter,
and two more in an hour and a half, generally one has hatched considerable
time before the rest, 12 hours often 24. Gave a queen just impregnated
to a good stock, liberated her in two days. A few days after found
her in stock where she was born, had gutted queen cells there. (21st) 37 to
47 degrees. Cloudy, windy, intensely raw. Last night a number of exceedingly beautiful
Dzierzon (1) queens hatched, think queens may have gone with Dzierzon drone. Found
her all right on comb, and one in an hour after, four dead ones were
on alighting board. In this case, hatching of many nearly simultaneous. A queen
probably impregnated (often out) well received by an old stock had flown back to her
nucleus and [crossed out: illegible] gutted queen cells. Yesterday cool but clear. Stimulated
drones to fly by leaving off top cover. A little snow this evening. (22nd) 36 to 47 degrees. 
Ground whitish with snow, intensely raw day. Within the last few days a number
of very beautiful queens have hatched, as beautiful and as good sized as at any time this
season. I have still a considerable number of Dzierzon drones, and if we should
have the usual Indian Summer weather quite a number of young queens may still
be impregnated. This would give me some full blood Dzierzon queens and Parson's
queens impregnated by Dzierzon drones. I have now a number of Dzierzon queens
impregnated by Parsons drones. (23rd) [inserted: 31 to 54 degrees] Some splendid queens hatched. [inserted: (24th) 38 to 52 degrees] Nearly all the
late queens from Dzierzon's queen only tolerable for color, although reared in good stocks. 
The queen has been put into winter quarters, she continued to lay till the last and was
very lively. [crossed out: (24th) 38 degrees] Slight frost this AM, heavy yesterday. Too cool and wind and cloudy
for drones to fly much. A majority of queens tested last week or more mismated. Cannot
at all account for this. Remarkable difference as to the late laying of queens, many in
strong stocks have for some time ceased entirely to lay, while in other stocks there is
much brood and queens still laying. Have now more than 20 queens some of them
very beautiful, not impregnated. Have plenty of drones still. Quite doubtful whether
many if any of these meet the drones, if they do will not lay, and very uncertain
whether they have or have not been impregnated. Very undesirable to risk good colonies
with such queens to winter. Can we in any way be sure whether such queens have
or have not been with a drone. If not, there is little use in trying to rear queens
later than September. If we have any very beautiful weather shall look to see evidences
of impregnation. (26th) 30 to 56 degrees. Heavy white frost. Indian Summer weather. Queen which
had been out (born on 4th) repeatedly in nucleus, and which when given to full stock returned
to nucleus again, was put back to full stock, found her with circle of bees around her
on alighting board of full stock. Impregnated queens do evidently sometimes leave hive after
impregnation, before they begin to lay, in one instance one left full stock and returned
to nucleus after she had laid in full stock. To put up stock to send off