I account for the death of think that the young Queen was killed by some strange
bees which were allowed to remain upon a comb given to this
stock from another hive, at the time her wing was clipped. 
On caging the old Queen, the bees piled densely upon it. Next am
 (20th) found them still piled on it. In most cases these superseded Queens are
but little noticed when caged and some allowed to starve. And
the Queen alive, small and fertile, on dissection her ovaries appeared to be
tolerably well supplied with eggs and her spermatheca with seminal
matter. (20th) 69 to 82 degrees windy, [illegible] considerably late in P.M.
Grew quite cool, bees not so active. (21st) 56 to 82 degrees bees work pretty well. 
 (22nd) 66 to 82 degrees hazy, bees working well. combs emptied a week
or ten days ago filling pretty well. (23rd) 56 to 82 degrees hazy, bees
working quite well, white Clover nearly gone, bees this season stick
to it well. Am very much pleased with the size and fertility of the
queens reared from swarming Queen cells, also such as are reared in
full stocks deprived of Queen, or for [illegible] queens and [illegible]
as far as possible got only such Queens for wintering over. (24th) 56 degrees
62 to 84 degrees hazy (25th) 61 to 84 degrees hazy, moist feeling in the AM. (26th)
64 to 72 degrees began to rain at 6 AM. (27th) 72 to 85 degrees cloudy rain PM
 (28th) 68 to 84 degrees (29th) 70 to 77 degrees (30th) 72 to 80 degrees (31st) 68 degrees August 1st 86 degrees
 (2nd) 74 to 86 degrees (3rd) 76 degrees (4th) 72 degrees (5th) 78 degrees (6th) 66 degrees (7th) 58 to 73 degrees. Eclipse. 
 (8th) 58 to 72 degrees (9th) 58 to 74 degrees (12th) 72 to 82 degrees (13th) 74 to 86 degrees 14th 82 to 88 degrees
15th very hot (16th) 90 degrees. Left [illegible] for the East on July 26th. 
Has been very dry since I left [illegible] Bees here worked
well, even in strong colonies building some comb, on red Clover. 
Rained a little on night of 14th. Good shower today in PM and
after dark. Ironweed has not blossomed much yet. (17th) 74 to 84 degrees. 
Bees active very on red Clover. Boxes have been filled and new comb built
and filled from red Clover. Quality of it very choice. Have not before had an



