 (11th) 48 to 50 degrees. Bees work but little. 12th 28 to 50 degrees. Bees work but little. Examined
[illegible] hive bees have made a great spread of brood for their numbers. There was flour in
Root's candy but not enough could be got (could not soften and [illegible] enough to feed
the spread of brood lost before this last started, so that when all the pollen was used
up it had to perish. If this hive had not bread in winter it would now be very weak in
bees. Bees had begun to build comb in the space where they had used up flour. 
13th pleasant, [illegible] at Cincinnati. 14th Do [crossed out: 15th. Cold. ] 15th. 18 to 34 degrees very cold wind. 
D. A. McCord finds bees work well on his candy with much flour in it, when he has near
it a bottle of water with lampwick. Bees keep quite a Patch wet, and do not [illegible]
on the [illegible] in Root's candy. Reason why bees found with breeding suspended March 4th
was because could not get flour enough. (16th) 16 to 30 degrees 2 1/2 PM began to snow. 9 PM over
four inches fell 28 degrees. (17th) 22 to 30 degrees clear. Bees in trial hive have not taken water from
bottle. Examined carefully and removed two combs not needed to condense them more. 
Breeding not interrupted by last cold spell, that is no eggs or larvae eaten up, showing
that the trouble before was want of pollen. Examined DA McCord's colony [illegible] they
have made good progress on the candy with much flour. Breeding all right. (18th)
8 to 28 degrees. Close examination shows a little more progress in eggs, of course breeding not
advancing so rapidly as if it had been warmer, but no going back. It is now easy
to estimate the great loss from suspension of breeding and loss of eggs and larvae when
pollen supplies gave out. No bees have been hatching for some time. Read in March
number of Horticultural Journal (London) March 6th. Todd's experiments with egg and milk
food in Algeria in December last and January and February 1879. W. Raitt (Scotch) was a
little before me in noticing winter breeding from flour candy. The idea that candy is a
constant stimulus to breeding in a warm hive in cold weather even if it has not
[illegible] enough so that they must use pollen is I think new and mine. 19th. 12 degrees
20th. cold. 21st. Flood of rain last night. 22nd Bees flew a very little 23rd flew better
24th. Bees worked heavily upon pollen. (25th) 28 to 42 degrees examined trial hive and McCord's. 
Bees in both have gone on breeding. In mine many hatching eggs and larvae in all stages. 
Gave [illegible] with more flour in it. William McCord says his bees have no young larvae. 
Candy [illegible] when bees have too much pollen. Candy [illegible] bees show signs of
dysentery. To keep bees at home when no honey and they get lost in storms, etc. 



