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a third story! Put some of the combs from second story in it! This one works
with amazing power - was not strong in early Spring! [illegible] to breed later
than the others - Am now having many Young Italian Queens under way - took comb from
a splendid one in glass hive for a large colony taken from stock at a distance
raising queens - part of the comb drone and full of eggs - they have
begun many q�een cells - Hive with Dayton comb raising queens - they
have lost the largest and most beautiful Italian queen I ever saw!
 (16th) Hive at Dr. Hill's swarmed a second time - had been piping loudly -
 (17th) Cool in the A. M. - wind N. E. again - Forced several swarms for Major
[illegible] - took from one large stock transferred over 50 pounds of honey - have
[illegible] bushels - More brood comb than could be put in my hive! immense
stock of bees - Brought home a very heavy old stock - (18th) Forced a swarm from
old stock - get no queen - let bees fly to hive that swarmed on Sunday and which
was still piping - took out drone comb enough for at least ten thousand
drones! Piping hive threw a great swarm - found four [inserted: 4] queens - used bees
to strengthen other [crossed out: stocks to take] [inserted: swarms] from which bees had been taken for nuclei
No. 1 Italian attempted to swarm - was away from home - when I got to it the
bees had returned - queen possibly got up into upper story - if so expect it to swarm
tomorrow - A nucleus with a young queen decamped - Almost frost this A. M. 
bees working wonderfully in honey - Do not think the guide frames at all discourage
them - (19th) Made swarm for Mr. Whistler - rain during the night - bees are
doing very well (20th) Made swarm for Mr. Millikin - Had another
swarm from Italian No. 1 - Queen so slim that I lad doubts whether
she was old queen till I examined the hive - over 50 lbs. of surplus in upper
hive - lower wonderfully well off for brood - Linden not yet exhausted - a world
of white clover - Made swarm for Mr. Cross (21) 71 degrees - Italian swarm
of yesterday put in hive with guide frames swarmed out this P. M. - wing of queen
had been clipped - saw her coming back on sheet still on ground - bees a very
long time in coming back - This [illegible] portico on board on ground and clipping
wings of queen will prevent swarming - (22nd) Hot - bees work very well - Clipped Queen