of white clover - has today no smell and next to no sweetness - Found a queen
with wings gnawed but lively before a strong stock - think that she had met
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a drone - (July 1st) 70 degrees - very hot - air saturated with moisture - Before sunset bees
began upon the Linden - very late - just coming into blossom - In P. M. - had a dash of rain - after
it white clover began to smell - soon saw bees upon it - Cary queens hatched - the mother is pure. 
 (2nd) 74 degrees - Bees just beginning in the boxes - except the strongest - Have had such copious
and seasonable [crossed out: weather] rains that second crop of red clover will be good - Shall this season
probably have a good opportunity fully to test how much the Italian bees can do upon
it - and what if any use it is to the black bees - Have so many Italian drones that I
expect to get most of my queens to mate with them - Had a large swarm from an
Italian with 2nd story - not more than 15 lbs. in 2nd story - had much honey below - noticed
large amount of jelly in queen cells - one worm unsealed was bedded upon nearly 1/2 an
inch of jelly - Rather think that a moderate slant with my shaving will work better
than Mr. Quinby's strong slant without the shaving - Linden will blossom very full this
season - bees came home quite late this evening - (3rd) 70 degrees 80 degrees - Very hot - close
heavy thunder and rain with strong wind at 5 P. M. - Bees began upon the
Linden as soon as they could fly - more work done on [inserted: white] clover than for some time
Had a large swarm - made one - Had a number of very beautiful queens
July 4th - very hot - Nuleus with good queen swarmed out - alit low - then went
to top of a great beech - bid good bye to it - Fair honey day - hive that swarmed
had great supply of drone brood - very little honey - (5th) 70 degrees 86 degrees - Sun scorching
Bees early on Linden - worked some on white clover - but litt1e honey storing [inserted: (6th) 70 degrees] Stocks
crammed with bees and brood - very deficient in honey - shall cage some of the queens
and make a few swarms by levying upon three or four hives for one - A nucleus deserted
after they had [inserted: all] left - just hatched bees which could not fly ran around and
crawled out falling on the grass - when nucleus returned they came back - Found
a fertile young queen in a nucleus with a sealed queen nearly mature - she hnd been caged
and then let out - A good moonlight night would answer best to make swarms from
my hive by rapping - run them up into upper cover � not near [inserted: so] likely to take
wing - Is the Linden this year deficient in sweetness - or have I too many bees for the
trees accessible? (7th) 70 degrees - Bees late yesterday on Linden - early this A. M. - Have
made a number of swarms as follows - From three hives two frames of brood each with
adhering bees - then the new colony set in place (bees in full flight) of another
good stock removed - In a few minutes bees begin to repel robbers - give
them also a caged queen - I have no reason to expect any stocks not now
filling boxes to do so - strong stocks have too many bees and brood - Good comb
[illegible] to this mode - Bees have gathered so little honey that the combs