Placed on honey board of top hive. 6th hives alarmed if they wish
to swarm in about a week all Queen cells but one removed
or all removed and Queen given. 7th when the honey harvest
nearly over say about first week in July if the hives are heavy
and populous from every four that have not swarmed make
one taking two combs from each [illegible] method see bee
journal in removing Surplus leave some upper stories of stock untouched
to have honey in case any are too light in the fall. 
NB where artificial colonies must not be made so as to prevent
surplus from being filled nor at all unless all circumstances propitious
suppose 4 out of 20 swarm from the other 16 make 4 equals 28
suppose 6 out of 20 swarm from the other 14 make 3 equals 29
suppose 7 out of 20 swarm from the other 13 make 3 equals 30
In removing honey for helping take the end combs which are lifted
up into the supers. Also in making the swarms take no comb from
the hives moved to catch up bees but from the supers of the hives. 
use fertile Queens from the nuclei for the new swarm made and
let the hive moved to lose its bees we put so as to receive
the bees of Strong nuclei moved to a new spot it will thus
receive enough bees to carry water etc. but if this last is not done
it will when their swarms are made not be able 2 suffer from the
loss of bees as it will not have swarmed. It will be interesting at the
close of the season to see how far these plans have been carried out. 
I estimate the honey which can be seemed on this plan at from 50 to
100 pounds per stock. 20th 35 to 39 degrees trees heavily covered with ice com
sun at intervals. Willow and other trees much [illegible] 21st 20 degrees to 42 degrees
cloudy with sun trying to breakthrough ice melted off trees some
but heavily coated yet. Two stocks in MC hives found dead. 
No candy given to one and it got out of food. Counted bees in one
moderate stock about 6500 bees. The other had candy but
cold weather confined bees and they died. It will not do to trust
to candy when no liquid supplies. Eternal vigilance the price of bees. 
22 34 to 42 degrees cloudy foggy still ice melted off from trees today
snow almost gone [illegible] illuminated. 23 43 to 59 degrees foggy till
noon came off beautiful soft PM. Bees out by thousands no be
bread hive that last Italian Queen had the young Queen at mouth
of hive very dark period not quite dead. Glass hive with Colerain