there? Can only explain it by foul air - carbonic acid gas! See Report of American
Beekeepers Convention in American Bee Journal - Removed bees to warm kitchen to get
combs warmed up - frost thawed out, etc. so that bees would return to the combs - In another
stock with cob cover put on yesterday but not so closed as not to allow of abundant upward
ventilation - saw paper wad moved so that many [inserted: dead] bees lay outside - when I removed
it entirely many came out - were much excited - In both these instances the blocks
fitted very snug - The cover onto which bees had ascended was so warped on three of its
corners that bees could get out of the cracks - did get out till I stopped them up when
the bees were put in warm kitchen - I have been for some time noticing that the
bees did not lie so centrally in the combs as I supposed they would - but seemed disposed
to crowd next to the side where the entrance was left at the corner! The weather
has been so cold that foul air would fall toward the bottom - and not being able to
discharge itself must have severely affected the bees - Would it not be better to
leave the entrance opening in the center - Must look very carefully to these points
The stock that went into the upper box must have lost 1/3rd or more of its bees - but
in beekeeping valuable knowledge seems to be gained only by losses. 
 (17th) 22 degrees 34 degrees - But a trifle of snow fell - Bees flew some today - drew out the dead
hives thawed out (18th) 33 degrees 40 degrees Bees that foul air caused to go up into upper cover
were carried into warm room to thaw out and warm up hive - would not go back to combs
though roof pounded upon to dislodge them - carried yesterday into dry cellar - this A. M. 
are still up in cover! Shall now leave lower opening in center to let fresh air
in and foul air out - the good winter [illegible] cause the choke damp to roll out
like water - Think that in this way with cob cover above all will go well - P. M. Moved
stock that went into upper cover into open air again. Found three combs built in upper cover!!
each about four inches square of comb - two well filled with honey! several others begun
The queen went up with them - stayed and they in warm kitchen and moderate dry cellar
went to work to build comb for her - many bees lost - full of feces - if weather does not
permit them to fly fear dysentery - stock now very much injured - Have gone up again
into the cover - Too many dead bees still found in hives - Stocks now have their cob covers - but
most of them are not packed tight around outside edges of cob covers - all but two have double
newspapers (making about 8 thicknesses) over the two rows of cobs (19th) Moderate - cloudy (20th)
28 degrees 36 degrees 30 degrees - Two inches of snow - hail - sleet - snow - rain - slush - At 7 P. M. - 30 degrees - Strong
wind [inserted: arose] 10 P. M. 30 degrees (21st) Very windy night - 7 degrees [inserted: 14 degrees] Changes are very numerous, sudden - great
Last night thought out a plan to avoid having two styles of frames in improved upper cover (22nd) 9 degrees 14 degrees
Beautiful days - yester day and today - the bees that built comb in upper cover had partly filled
it with buckwheat honey (23rd) 2 degrees 30 degrees Splendid clear winter day - Found the only nucleus left
ou, dead - starved - all honey near them gone - Lig. (1) queen dissected found impregnated - did not
feel confident of her - If well supplied with honey with carpet over top and long winter passages - good
nuclei will winter out of doors - (24th) 35 degrees 40 degrees - Cloudy - snow nearly all melted (25th) 39 degrees
48 degrees - Many dead bees brought out - don't like to see so many bees dead - Opened stocks [illegible]
to let hives dry out - Loss of queen in nucleus $20-$25 - Had another nucleus which ought to
have been left out instead of this - First flight [illegible] At noon perfectly
clear and still - bees in full flight - dead brought out - More food - but great thing for bees. 