Mater Regia In my barred hive By removing bars 1 by 1,
Catching. if the bees are all driven out into an empty box
she may be caught by shaking them onto a sheet. 
Suppose a small box was placed on the sheet would she
not go with a small portion of the bees into it. She might thus be very easily
caught. 
Huber and Dzierzon. Huber's queens where impregnation was retarded Seem to have
been very fertile. Dzierzon says that but few Queens whose wings are defective
and who are not able to leave the hive to be impregnated can lay any eggs. He thinks that
unless impregnated, Queens are seldom disposed to lay eggs. My theory is that after a certain
time has elapsed, the Queens although capable of copulation are not capable of impregnation. That copulation is
ordinarily necessary to the stimulation of the [illegible] to egg laying. My theory will reconcile all the discrepancies
between the two. 
Medicine. [illegible] of bee used extensively by homeopaths. Old writers in letters my Bee book
speaks of bees for stoppages, powder of dried bees, Dunglinson's new
remedies, A dozen or more bees with hot water poured over them, the tea
used for strangury in pregnant women. the [illegible] for man [illegible] bee [illegible]
Mater Regia. palace, May 6th 1852. Have today [illegible] the black with apartments
for queens, to go into the hive. 
May 30th 1852
Catching. Shake on to a sheet some distance from the hive, start
a few for the hive, then let them travel so that they may be seen
Queen in this way may be found and if of a first swarm her wings may be clipped. 
June 1st 1852 am disposed to think that if new brood be given for Queen raising
after the first attempt, more will be raised, have noticed that first lot seem
often to fail.