eggs of imported Queen to a colony sent me. Cutting out their Queen cells, Queens having disappeared in
transport. Bees from dark imported Queen very handsome both for color and shape. Few old bees
left in her hive. Let alone this colony would have dwindled down to a mere nucleus. 
This A.M. got Mr. F. Dunham's letter about giving Rye flour in the combs (rolled in)
to her colonies when putting them into winter quarters. Important. May not flour
syrup be safely fed to bees in September especially in regions where pollen
is scarce, so as to be stored in cells, sealed over. It would be deposited
centrally about where it would be needed either for breeding early or for the
[crossed out: young] [inserted: old] bees. While bees can live on honey alone, may not pollen lessen the amount of
honey needed and make them more vigorous. I believe that its full importance in the
economy of bee life has been greatly overlooked. (17th) 34 degrees strong very raw northeast. 
Journal for 1881. June 30th. Taken with old trouble after last record. Recovered about
Christmas 1881. Unable to experiment on account of effect of bee poison, any contact
with it carried intense headache. Three weeks ago today these thoughts came to me. A
man using tobacco for many years and then giving it up for some years cannot resume
on his old [illegible] without being made very sick, some time needed for
his system gradually to get accustomed to the poison. Having kept bees for over
30 years I became accustomed t their poison. Giving up all working with them for
some years when I returned I was much affected. I at once inferred that from some
change in my system I could no longer safely handle bees, and tried in every
way to protect myself from the poison. Instead of poisoning till it no longer affected
me. Thinking that by poisoning I should regain my old indifference to it I resolved
to work with them for a week, and notice results, breathing the poison tasting
it and being often stung I found that it soon ceased to trouble me, and now I
am able to bear it with about as much indifference as I ever could, and have resumed
my experiments. June 17th visited J S Mills apiary at [illegible] Ohio. Saw his stock
with old cyprian Queen and many stocks with cyprian Queens fertilized by Italian drones. 
No more trouble in handling than with Italians. This [illegible]. The bees do
not [illegible] the comb but cannot be shaken off as easily as black bees. This
[illegible] importance with extractor. (20th) Visited the apiary of King Kramer
[illegible] with Mr. Hall to learn his method of fertilization in confinement. 



