Found a stock well off for bees all sealed honey gone no brood saw
no Queen gave them a comb with sealed brood and eggs from #2 Colerain
Queen. Shall raise a few Queens from a Colerain Queen early to
see whether they have been purely impregnated. Have two Queens
reared from roses stock from eggs taken from his Queen's one I know
has been with common drone as her Queen progeny was impure. I raised
1 fair Queen from the other must test her further 4 to see if all is
right with her. Have kept most of the honey boards off. Candy put
on the bees readily taken. But we have had no winter. Sought
yet 10 degrees. December 46 degrees January 35 degrees in December had two weeks of almost
Indian summer white Frost at night beautiful sun bees all
very active. So a few with pollen. Heard that the weather might
excite premature breeding but found no brood last of December. It had
no effect to hasten them. One stock which had two upper stories
last season filled with supplies the last one not removed until
October and confidently eaten out. Had the last fall of very large
population. Bees in cold weather they have been between all
the Ranges of combs. Flies not at all eaten honey in preparation to its size. 
Drones will appear in this hive very early 6th 43 to 50 degrees rain last night 
Cloudy today. Glass hive gathered some sweets from Maple trees
tapped probably. Colerain Queen #2 found with a cluster of bees
dead on the alighting board. Did I hurt her yesterday or was
she killed because of examination as some say take place. Very
discouraging. Shall continue her colony by aid from other stocks. 
The last mouth Lithuanian Queen still remains. Color of the one killed
not so good as some raised by me last season. Some dark on the
yellow ground. 7th 30 to 38 degrees cloudy and raw com. 
8th 3238 degrees cloudy calm. 9th 12 to 25 degrees
cloudless and calm. 10th 12 to 35 degrees AM PM cloudy very raw. 
Examined the very populous stock Queen the one given in 1860. Reared
from Parsons two or three impregnated by black drones. 11th 30 to 38 degrees snow very windy. 
Two very populous stocks have Queens to produce Italian drones. Shall do all I can
to get drones from these in advance of other hives. Have too many black bees near me
12th 34 degrees spring like snow all gone. Bees active robbers on the alert
hive which lost Colerain Queen #2 has a number of Queen cells two sealed
small ones. Can be excellent for feed. Over the frames the bees take
it very freely. Team Mr board has been kept off of my stocks this
winter. Heard a Bluebird one heard three days ago