knotted on and killed young Queens, killed from cells given this AM one thus treated
after she had gutted Queen cell. (21st) 66 to 70 degrees Southwest AM cloudy, and too
wet for bees to do anything. Last night bees began work in my small
boxes. In one colony began in four or five boxes, on the side, not noticing
the wax guides. comb running in right direction. PM by 1 PM bees
began to work well on Clover, but by 4 PM wind changed to northwest, grew
some cooler with wind and bees slackened off very much. Find many
stocks beginning to work in boxes. Not working from the top down in a
single box. Some going the wrong direction. My important suggestion. 
If bees generally incline to begin low down on the side,
ought not the wax guides to be low down as at 1, 2. They very soon
extend the comb up to reach the top. It will seem to be more
natural to then to begin them low down and close to tops of frames. 
Notice how few Italian bees will begin comb building in a small
box, black bees would not begin till box full of bees. Easy to see
Italians [illegible] comb building, black bees form a dense mass and
comb building [illegible] before you can see it, except when
bees most [illegible]. May not Italians incline to begin below more than
black bees because they work in such small numbers and want to be near
the mass of bees. All killing of drones has [illegible] ceased, [illegible] they are now
tolerated in the stocks where most of them have been killed. (21st) 58 to 68 degrees
cloudy most of the day, quite cool to raw PM. for two hours bees brought in
much honey. [illegible] and a few degrees warmer would have made it a splendid honey day. 
22nd 57 to 72 degrees northwest 6 am cloudy and very raw. Bees have begun work
in many of the small boxes. In only one as yet have they gone across from glass to glass. 
In none as yet have they begun [illegible]. All the better. put wax guides about half
way down on both sides, or on one only. The new plan for boxes works just as I supposed
it would, place of starting accepted. Do not want comb for guides unless very nice. 
A great advance step gained in selling surplus honey for the market. For
the last week [illegible] bees have not worked much more than half their time and