A royal cell opened with large mass of jelly very white exposed a day grew to
a quince [inserted: jelly] like color and consistence. Heard day before yesterday piping in
a stock, a [inserted: late] June swarm, note repeated 26, 51, 46 times, yesterday heard
quawking, today both with fluttering, as though imprisoned queen
was trying her wings. In strengthening nuclei by adding bees from
other stock very rarely have any fighting, noticed this last year in
uniting stocks, year before in forming new stocks by what I call
my levying process. Think this a marked peculiarity in the
Ligurian bees. The roar which bees make when entering hive
attracts their flying companions, shaken down they notice this roar,
object to cell companions, see them swarm about and from this
roar of hive moved to another place will soon find it. 
The Queen reigns [illegible]. Idea to be got rid of. The sooner we get rid of
the idea that what one bee can [inserted: or will] [crossed out: illegible] do under given circumstances
any other bee can or will, the better, no more true than of men, some
bees simple, some wise some half witted, etc. This rather fanciful. 
Declining to raise queen cells. A good stock with all things right had
its queen removed, brood too far advanced not a queen cell. Shall give
it means of rearing Ligurians. 24th. 42 to 66 degrees. Wind northeast, beautiful day but
flow of buckwheat honey almost all gone. 25th. 42 to 70 degrees. Wind southeast, a
better day for honey, but flow of buckwheat nearly gone. Hope tomorrow
it may return. Queens decline to lay eggs in combs
new and building, at this season, especially when flow of honey has
stopped active comb building, whereas at other favorable times they
select such almost as soon as begun. Just hatched queen given to bees
or in its own colony attracts often very considerable attention, have seen bees
watch them hatching almost like a circle round queens. Just hatched queen
given to colony whose fertile just caged well received, for hours well received, found
dead before nucleus this AM. Are they in cooler weather less inclined to receive them. 
Gave another, well received. Color of drones. Some from good queens nearly
black. Large stocks with honey plenty cannot by inserting centrally empty frames
be tempted to work in wax to any extent. A young queen flying before a hive
held her legs as robber bees do. Impregnating day. Many queens impregnated
today, many which from age ought to have been several days ago, a number of the
queens saved on the 19th and which were on that day old enough to be impregnated. 
Have had a number of apparently good days, but wind northeast and cool. Today
wind southeast, 70 degrees. Does not this show that a temperature much lower or a
little lower than 70 does not secure impregnation. Queens and drones fly as