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Laws of nuclei. Have none without brood in all stages. Is it
not an unnatural condition for a stock or colony of bees in breeding season
to be without brood. Should not a nucleus have bees of all ages. 
(6th) 74 to 84 degrees. Showers. The same splendid corn weather. Day and night perfect
for ripening the corn, also magnificent for queen raising. Today no rain after
early in AM, and bees got upon the red clover. No longer perceive any smell
of buckwheat, and yet the fields are white with the blossoms. 
Important. Keep express boxes [inserted: from caged queen, call them Tenders] for holding [crossed out: fertile queen or] queen cell,
[crossed out: at option] so as to get brood in nucleus, and yet have sealed queen. This
of course in hot weather Important. In taking any queen cells often
cannot distribute as soon as desirable. To keep warm have put on frames
or honey board of a stock without a hatched queen. They stick them fast and
not so easy to remove them. Put them in a small paper box and set this
so that bees can cover them, easy to take them away. A stock of beautiful
bees that have been outrageously cross, quite tamed down, is now queen raising. 
Bees attempted to rob them, they threatened very much, as much as when they
sting most, only one stung. Robbing. Have only a few black or mismated bees
compared with pure Italians and yet nearly every bee that attempts to rob black. 
By spilling feed a weak nucleus with sealed queen was attacked by such
a [illegible] that they stole all its honey. Then when fed next AM, stole again. Nucleus
fought with all its might but could not save their honey. By moving to a new
place this stopped. 7th, 8th, 9th. 76 to 86 degrees. About the range last three
days. Incomparable weather for corn and grass, frequent showers, never
knew such propitious weather. No more done on buckwheat, but bees very
active on Ironweed, vernonica. Saw today (9th) as many as six on one cluster. 
Never saw a black bee on it. See no bee breed got from it. By dissection know that
bees are getting much honey from it. It is very abundant in this vicinity and with
Italian bees will take the place of Solidago, goldenrod. Saw bees on my Cleveland
asters. Very many Italians on red clover. My stocks are rapidly accumulating honey,
even the nuclei are building new comb. Never saw more perfect weather for the
rearing of queens. My colonies managed to keep drones have them by thousands. The
other stocks have killed or are killing them all off. Black ones gone. Have had but
one mismated queen for six weeks. Color of queens. Last season particularly
and this have noticed that color of queens [crossed out: illegible] very much better reared in August or late in
season than early in Spring, this greatly favors rearing of these queens, as after the honey
harvest [illegible] is over can be best reared, why should color at this time average
or better. Color of workers from my imported Dzierzon better now than