as good if not better than very hot sun for flight of queens and drones. 
A strong colony with many drones, with sealed queens inclined to meddle
with them. Another with queen just laying does not - and young queen has
laid a few eggs in drone cells. Worker comb empty scarce in her stock. 
Badly driven drones - do not average much honey in crops. When a colony
goes at the drones in earnest they make quick work. Feeding late. 
All bees from eggs laid in September and later will (not flying out) be
in stocks to winter - very important to feed late where so many bees are lost
in stores and houses. Time of laylimg after impregnation. Have never but
in one or two instances known young queens to lay in [illegible] 36 hours after mating. 
One noticed a few days ago was nearly a week - Many if not most caged
queens when liberated [crossed out - pipe] teet. Safety of feeding with Italian stocks. 
Can feed any hour of day - after feeding whole apiary in a roar - mettle
of every colony tested by robbers - soon a dead quiet - Feeding when
Quuen raising. Important if honey not gathered freely - Color of queens
Many Italian glossy black - Imported queens kept long in cage often become
greatly changed in color for the worse. Side door in hives - If movable tops
are used of no use - if not used much extra labor to get at back combs
Robbing by Ligurians. When honey to be got not inclined to - or to go into
stores or houses [crossed out - where to be got] and as Italian bees work much when black
bees get nothing - the time of danger from robbing very much shortened. 
Small queenly nuclei liable now to have their honey stolen. 
Will not keeping in them new caged queens tend to prevent this. 
26th 68 degrees 78 degrees. Beautiful day. To elevate outside cover so as not to
crush bees. O. P. Sheldon suggests shoe pegs put in under the corners. 
Have tried them like them much - cheaper than nails - but best thing so
easily cut or broken off when no longer wanted. Huber's using of royal
cell so as to see motiom of queen within! - saw today a cell from which the
wax was so removed - that the motions of queen could be easily seen through
the cocoon. This not by any means the general rule. [crossed out - but very] I am
now removing brood etc. from colonies to be broken up - giving it to strengthen the others
leaving only enough to get another queen if possible - Shall be very careful not to
try to have too many - Say I can get 40 good ones with tested
queens in my hives - this much better than last Fall. A colony with
fertile queen given got rid of her and reared queens - today found queenless. Mr. Gray
had an instance of colony rearing queen to supplant a last years