good surplus yield. Very important. Small boxes with one comb filled when
supplies not very abundant and when large boxes could not be filled. 
 (11th) 70 to 87 degrees. Very dry heat, bees work still on white Clover, active in [illegible]
[illegible] just in blossom. (12th) 70 to 88 degrees heat excessive, preached at[illegible]
[illegible]. Considerable white Clover still in bloom, wheat nearly all cut, corn small
but clean and healthy, [illegible]. (13th) 76 to 94 degrees hottest at sunrise
this season. Cloudy at night of few drops of rain. (14th) 73 to 94 degrees. under tree 98 degrees. 
Bees can do but little. Removed yesterday two small boxes full, laid them on
[illegible] board bees left them in a few minutes. This quick leaving of bees very important. 
Weather has now been usually hot for a long time, seldom if ever equaled. There
is next to no honey in surplus boxes. Would it not be best to cage Queens and let
the bees raise others in all the full stocks. [illegible] honey consumed, young Queens
secured and still plenty of bees as hives have now too much brood. (15th) 73 to 94 degrees. 
Terrible heat all over the country, great loss of life from sunstrokes late in PM
shower with heavy Thunder and wind came up from northeast, 9/10th of an inch. Grass
on roadsides and pastures beginning to dry up. A blessed rain. (16th) 72 to 92 degrees. 
Very little [illegible] from the intense heat. In the pm Thunder with showers at a 
distance. (17th) 74 to 98 degrees under tree. Unprecedented heat and loss of [illegible] all over
the country. Range of thermometer over 100 degrees in [illegible]. Higher than in Augusta. 
Italians working on red Clover, some work still on white Clover, busy work on
[illegible]. Thunder in the West with distant showers in am. Start 4 pm
heavy thunder and rain here from the northeast. Very slight quantity of rain here. 
 (18th) 74 to 99 degrees under tree. Thunder in am with showers at a distance. At 1 pm distant
Thunder 2 1/2 PM heavy wind, northeast, with copious showers, and very severe
lightning close at hand. thunder and lightning apparently simultaneous, one inch. 
 (19th) 69 to 92 degrees under tree. At noon Thunder and heavy clouds, for 4 or 5 hours, only
a few drops of rain here. (20th) 70 to 92 degrees under tree. Heavy wind and rain of
Saturday very injurious to corn and oats. [illegible] and broke off
corn. (21st) 70 to 94 degrees. Under tree. (22nd) 72 to 92 degrees (23rd) 70 to 94 degrees. Thunder with rain at
a distance. (24th) 74 to 92 degrees (25th) 72 to 90 degrees (26th) 72 to 86 degrees (27th) 69 to 88 degrees (28th) 90 degrees (29th)
68 degrees, 6/10th inches of rain, from northeast (30th) 68 to 86 degrees 1 1/4 inches of rain from north (31st) 66 degrees. 