(14th) 69 to 76 degrees. Heavy showers with thunder, bees worked well (13)
a short time after the showers, worked till after 12 M. 
Important. In opening colonies takes too much time to blow smoke
into mouth of hive, if not done some bees rise into air before
they feel smoke, are angry, by their sound makes others angry. [crossed out: illegible]
Let them alone for a few moments, pass to something else, when
all have [crossed out: illegible] [inserted: alighted], come back. Defer controversy with angry men. 
(15th) 69 to 78 degrees. Splendid corn day, bees very busy early on buckwheat. 
Experiment. Cage a few workers with young queens to see if they
will not attend to, and fewer die, or lose color. Mean colored hybrids
very venomous today. Gave just hatched queen a foot from entrance on
alighting apron, marched without any delay into hive. Important. 
If a queen takes wing from a colony instantly shake down bees to
set them flying, queen will see them and join them as they enter
hive. From an extra large queen cell, a small queen born. 
When sun very hot, easiest to work on hives, bees most peaceable,
propolis soft. A nucleus skedaddled. Young bees which could
not fly tried to join, would they if a swarm merely. In taking
down queen cells the bees are a long time in disposing of the cocoons. 
(16th) 64 to 76 degrees. Cloudy considerably, bees work well on buckwheat. When
quite young queens get off the comb in opening hive workers often seize them,
not hurt them. Does your mother know you are out. If old queen is shaken
down suddenly and runs her workers for a moment seize her, if she
was a strange queen would hurt her. Important. Avoid all agitation
of queen to be introduced to a strange colony. Buckwheat. Bees thought to be all
black bees were more than half from an Italian stock near, weeds made
them fly as though they were entering black hive. Quite a sell. Frames, close
fitting would give no place for hanging caged queens between the frames. 
Do black drones pair more readily with dark Italian queens than with
yellow ones. Do dark Italian queens seek more readily dark drones. Hardly. 
A colony with impure or mismated queen with very poorly colored bees has
been examined often to find queen, very peaceable. Would anything be
gained by breeding only (queens) from large queens reared in swarming hives, and
never caged long. Italians shaken out on board to run into a nucleus box
attacked other bees. Italian put in nucleus killed others that
were on the comb when they were shut up.