Nails under bottom of second story outside of where it rests on hive,
very important as feet to hold this 2nd story when lifted off and
set on cover of hive, so as not to hurt bees. 
When cutting comb removing queen cells and killing workers it is
interesting to see how soon bees set out to repair damages,
often before hive is closed, no yielding to despair. 
If poison of sting at once washed off bees not so likely to sting
hands. Important. To be sure of seeing all the queen cells
the bees must be shaken off, some cells so flat and nearly covered
up as to be difficult to see unless bees are off. Many queen cells. 
August 1st removed queen from a strong stock. This AM, found
36 (thirty six) perfect queen cells, 14 unhurt, 10 from which
queens had hatched, 12 which had been gutted, found one queen
at work, another hatched while I was examining hive, one was
down head foremost in a cell, playing possum, seemed to be dead
until I pulled her out, several were dead in front of hive, do
not remember ever seeing more of so many perfect cells. To know from
what hive nucleus or swarm has come, after hiving, and removing,
shake out a number upon the ground, they will soon return to
place they left. 13th. 69 to 74 degrees. A colony to which fertile queen given
two days ago swarmed. Swarm returned, thought I had removed all queen
cells but found a young queen piping. On the 10th. Removed a fertile dark
queen from a strong colony. Gave caged queen, laid their queen caged on
back sill of the hive, bees have been around her and fed her ever since.