Many of my Italian queens have nearly ceased laying. Do Italian queens
cease earlier in Fall than black ones - From an active large cell a very
small queen - much jelly at bottom of her cell - [illegible] In an
unfertile queen quite white - in a fertile one - yellowish or cream colored
larger than in unfertile - not so easily crushed - slides from under pressure. 
October 1st - 44 degrees 72 degrees Slight white frost in low places - splendid day
 (2nd) 50 degrees 64 degrees. Autumn day - beautiful - Some beautiful granddaughters of my Ligurians
Many young queens gone - [illegible] Important! Let queen raising be got
through with mainly in August - press matters then - depend not at all
on getting queens futile raised later than August - let weather be ever so favorable
Am now [illegible] stocks and condensing nuclei - Am delighted with the
ease with which all the operations are performed with the Italian bees - In
a few minutes the bees moved from their old locations are all right - no buzzing
about and alighting in stupid clusters like black bees! No fighting - very rare
to have any signs of fighting - and yet while they are peacefully receiving strangers
they resist robbers! Italians have much more sense as well as pluck. 