Queen very active her young bees beginning to fly out. Very beautifully colored. 
At 9: 00 PM fifty degrees 10 flashes of lightning. No wonder wind changes to the northwest
in the night. Blue hard. 24 32 to 35 degrees ground white with snow. 
Cold wind blowing all day shall bring home all my stocks at
Mr crosses and transfer them to movable comb hives using any small
pieces of comb for making combs for nuclei such as have black
Queens must be arranged with black blocks 3 sixteenths inch openings there Queen
being got rid of as soon as possible. By keeping a vigilant eye
upon the combs etc. very few drones need to be produced in them. 
25 22 to 38 degrees cloudy early in the morning very raw wind. 26 39 to
54 degrees blue at 2 P. M. Bees flying briskly brushing out of their hives the honey
comb or sugar part of the candy given them. 27 25 to 38 degrees some lightning
last night wind changed to northwest variable and very raw went. 28 23 36 degrees
raw cloudy AM PM very clear bees fly a little. Brought home my bees for Mr. 
Cross March 1 22 to 34 degrees cloudy raw East wind at night PM began to sleet
2nd 31 to 32 degrees wind still East heavy rain last night coating the trees with
ice some broke down. Strong wind at night with severe Thunder and vivid
lightning. thermometer with scarcely any perceptible range during the day. 
3 32 to 21 degrees rained last night trees not so much coated. Very windy with snow
flurries a real winter day. 4 24 to 35 degrees cloudy milder towards sunset
5 23 to 35 degrees cloudy raw with snow flurries 6 21 to 32 degrees variable very raw
7 25 to 41 degrees variable at 2 P. M. a few bees on the wing. Saw again young Italian Queen
no appearance of any eggs unsealed. Unsealed brood given to them some time ago. Sealed over
8 25 to 45 degrees wind southeast at 2: 00 PM bees began to fly. Accepted greedily of rye flour. 
Found buckwheat honey in stock brought from Mr cross. Had abundant stores. Helped
others from it. Found very populous hive had much brood in four combs. Have
had no honey board drop bottom board large entrance. Gave them milk which
they took greedily but as they took water at same time not conclusive. 
9 32 to 56 degrees variable few sprinkles of rain bees exceedingly greedy for Rye flour until
they could not see longer to get it stock with [illegible] Italian Queen getting some. 10 47 degrees
rain during the night brood given to colony with young Italian Queen all sealed. No eggs. she is
still slender 20 days old 34 degrees at 9: 00 PM 11th 51 to 49 degrees 12th 36 to 55 degrees
13th 41 to 61 degrees 15th 40 to 42 degrees 16th 34 to 37 degrees 17th 34 to 44 degrees
18th 31 to 55 degrees 19th 37 to 46 degrees 20th 46 to 47 degrees 21st 38 to 41 degrees 22nd 35 to 41 degrees 23rd 36 to 36 degrees 
24th 40 to 30 degrees 25th 29 to 47 degrees 26th 37 to 41 degrees 27th 30 to 48 degrees 28th 34 to 55 degrees 29th 46 degrees
 30th 46 to 70 degrees 31st 38 degrees April 1st 36 to 48 degrees 2nd 47 to 49 degrees 3rd 48 to 63 degrees