62 to 78 degrees. Splendid day. 
August (18th) Time of hatching of queens after removal of queen. 
1st. removed queens from two very good stocks. 12th. in one 36 good
cells. 14 unhurt. 12 gutted. 10 hatched. Today in AM, only one
had hatched from the other colony. No certain rule, but ought always
to look on the 10th day. My August swarms have come off after
2 PM. A queen removed ten days ago and left on support of legs of
hive died this AM, bees have till last night attended on her. 
Splendid day for buckwheat, bees building new comb. 
When queen cells given to a queenless colony they often wax them over, a
work of pleasure. 
September 15th. Have had many very mean queens from Ligurian No. (2), from
queens reared by impure workers. The last day or two have had some
handsome ones from cells reared by pure workers. The workers too reared
by impure bees seem not so [illegible] colored. May be mistaken here. 
16th. Have had some beautiful queens from Ligurian (2), reared I think by pure bees. 
Have given a comb of brood from Ligurian (2) to a strong stock of pure bees to see
what kind of queens I shall get. 20th. Many of the Ligurian queens are of a
deep orange color after impregnation. Resemble many of the Parsons queens,
more than the Dzierzon stock. 22nd. A truly splendid large, dark
orange fertile queen from No. (1). Corner brood was given to a very strong
stock, fed daily, that had no unsealed brood, on September 9th, they
sealed over a dozen choice queen cells. Examined on the 18th, all
gutted, and nearly all traces of them gone. Bees strong, fed, had no larvae to
feed, comb with eggs new, very early development of queens. Nearly every queen from
No. (1) Ligurian beautiful, nearly every one from No. (2) very mean. [crossed out: illegible] The comb from
No. (2) given to pure bees has many choice sealed queens. If these prove poor I shall at
once condemn the queen. 26th. Two very beautiful Ligurian (2) queens laying, the color
of Ligurian queens a more uniform dark orange. These queens looked beautiful at
birth but before impregnation depreciated much more than queens usually do. 
October 2nd. Only two queens from No. (2) queen cells, most of them were gutted [illegible]
one queen beautiful, the other splendid. Have had some very beautiful [illegible]
from Ligurian (1), one a splendidly colored queen, raised too in a small
nucleus.