March 19th in Cleveland to attend the convention today
saw tuning use his compound. Blew on an Italian
stock took away Queen blue on a black Queen in less
than a minute gave it to Italian stock well received. 
very little hemmed in 20th black Queen safe this AM. 
22 with doctor PG Kirtland concocted up a plan for breeding
pure Italian bees for improvement of breed. My
object is to get a bee which will readily work on the red
Clover. April 4th got home 46 to 70 degrees Bees active on pollen
some honey. 5 some of the stocks with mixtures of compound all went
well. Queen easily found. Same stock seen nearby had drone eggs
yesterday. Took its Queen and gave it in cage to a stock given to me by doctor
Kirtland. Took the pure Queen of the doctor's stocks and gave to the hive
near barn in a cage. My February Queen slender does not lay took
her away. 46 to 50 degrees windy thunder showers last night. 6th 33 to 56 degrees slight
Frost last night northwest towards pm very pleasant and bees [illegible] on pollen
some honey got gave dr. k's pure queen [illegible] bees delighted gave my
queen from [illegible] to the one that had Italian queen took her kindly
doctor Kirtland's stock left to rear Queen. 7th 38 to 41 degrees heavy rain day night wind etc. 
rain during the day very raw grass and grain rain. 8th 41 to 40 degrees heavy
rain from the East during the night heavy rain with all wind East all day. 
9th 38 to 36 degrees wind strong. East rain falling plentifully in AM. 
10th 36 to 46 degrees wind North east Sun out of very little. At home bees flew considerably. 
Strong stock near barn has destroyed the eggs in drone comb has been well fed this
very cold spell will keep back drones at least one week. 9: 00 AM very clear
11th 35 to 56 degrees clear till 2 pm wind strong east bees out much too cool to
operate to any advantage wish to form nuclei at sunset very cloudy wind east
12th 47 to 54 degrees wind East cloudy bees out some by 11: 00 AM heavy rain set in
continued for many hours. Towards night wind moved to southeast Clover looks very well. 
13th 49 to 63 degrees wind South some rain warm toward PM the clear off bees active
14th 48 to 62 degrees plenty in AM bees very busy on pollen got some honey toward evening
cloudy wind East. Rained cleared off in night. 15th 49 to 74 degrees bees very active in
pollen. Got some hand comb from glass hive Queen. Formed two nuclei. Glass
hive has laid some chosen eggs so feel another stock examined see very great
difference in the working of black bees and Italians. Crop far surpass black bees 
16th Found with nuclei rearing queens, put all the G. H. hard one all gone