have not worked so well. Seek after honey left in boxes around. 
 (5th) 58 degrees. Sun rose blood red, real Indian summer weather. 
Important. In a hive having frames with nearly hatching Queens,
if pressed for time to remove cells, remove some frames, and
keep the frames with Queen cells separated as much as possible. 
Shall hope in a short time to send bees to Woodbury in England
in my improved mailing boxes, and to receive bees from Germany, Italy
by the same. Bees can in this way be easily brought from
Ceylon to San Francisco. Of course if given in charge to someone
on board who would put water to the sponge more
sure, but can easily be fixed so as to not need this. 
Have most porous wood, say Cedar. Make box all wire
cloth except top and bottom, top for sponge, bottoms for candy,
to lay in deep groove and be well secured in place. Have a
very light outside wire gauze to encase box, fill between [illegible]
and box with wool. This can be kept damp. Now we have
the plan to get bees from any part of the world. Eureka. 
 (6th) 59 to 82 degrees sun rose blood red. Yesterday quite cool for season, very
hazy, so much so that bees cannot fly to lindens far from home. 
Real Indian summer weather. In PM bees worked well on Clover
but not near as well as they have done. Blossoms superabundant
but evidently not so sweet. Hope that the cool nights followed
by hotter weather may restore its sweetness. (7th) 60 to 84 degrees these cool nights
splendid for oats, potatoes and grass. Not so misty as yesterday but sun rose
and set a ball of fire. Bees got fairly to work Linden, Clover better
but the full sweetness gone probably to return no more this season. 
Emptied about 100 pounds yesterday. Thick enough without heat, but needs to be
made hot to make wholesome. Draw off as soon as hot enough to expel [illegible]
Am getting large number of swarming queens (reared from swarming Queen cells). 
These Queens average much better than others raised in small colonies. 



