queen, have made over 40 in this way all perfectly successful. 
If you have caged queens not needed elsewhere, can give one to each
nucleus [inserted: so, when taken away bees often uneasy, more so than if they never fed her] and remove to be used again near dark day after bees
are liberated. By seeing that the nuclei are well fed and have bees enough
I am not troubled with skedaddling. Of all the plans for forming nuclei
like this the best. [inserted: See August 9th] (31st) 60 degrees. Clear. Opened side of queen cell so as
to see queen move, bees closed again. Queen not more than an hour
old, bit me! Queen nearly two days old in a nucleus had destroyed only
two of three queen cells. Interesting facts about a colony with a fertile
worker. In May [inserted: 15th] removed a queen from a full stock, many queen
cells constructed, removed most of them, one or more queens hatched,
colony failed to get a fertile queen, became quite crowded with
honey and bee bread. When brood had hatched, [inserted: June 30th] saw many eggs in cells,
some in worker, some in drone, all drone brood, colony soon became
very full of drones from eggs to mature ones. Gave now (June 20th)
an unfertile young queen, several days old. June 24th, caged young queen
(this queen was afterwards dissected and proved to be impregnated). The fertile worker
did not interfere with her, nor did the other bees. When she was removed the fertile
worker again layed very freely, so neither the queen or bees had troubled the
fertile worker. July 24th. Gave them a just hatched queen. 31st. Removed this
queen and gave them caged an unfertile one. Could see no drone eggs,
colony swarming with drones. I helped them once to a frame of hatching bees,
the honey very much diminished, also the bee bread, which had been used
in rearing so many drones. Colonies deprived of queens this season have been
very much crammed with bee bread, but the combs of this colony are in capital
condition for a young queen. Shall now keep the queen caged to see if the
fertile worker is still there and will resume business. August 8th. 
After removal of last queen no signs of fertile worker. 
Do bees starve drones. Find drones that are being expelled are full of honey. 
Sexual desire of a queen more than a month old. June 26th. Caged a just
hatched queen. July 25th. After removing a laying queen at once liberated caged
queen, well received. In two days at time for meeting drone found her
imprisoned. Next few days windy or wet. July 31st. At 3 PM, found drones
very closely knotted around her, could with difficulty get them off, clung as
they do to a strange queen. Crushed the last one, and when dead its jaws held