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robbing. have sometimes noticed a hive being robbed which was [illegible] and
all unconscious of what was going on. 
journal from d i. not [illegible] changed, another showed nothing but enlarged
June 18th, 1863. opening of the parts. about 3 pm, seem to be the best time
for [illegible]. strengthened nucleus that had a fertile [??queen??] am
afraid she was killed. ought to have caged her. made a swarm, did not
get the queen, put a caged one in back ventilator (this a splendid place for
such a purpose) bees peaceful. in a few hours removed her, about dusk, the
the bees concentrated in the portico, gave another. got a queen from Mr. carey
 (19th) 60 degrees. much cooler, cloudy, windy pm. but little honey got. gave mr
Cary's queen to a good quality nucleus, all right. best queen nucleus swarmed
out, queen found on the ground, her wings clipped, all returned. queen in cluster
had been taken off, and the bees much disturbed. made an artificial
colony at 4: 00 pm, did not get queen, bees displaced, ought not to be 
done [illegible] early and late in the day, never when drones are on the wing. 
a queen with one claw of hind leg defective, laid a few eggs this am
several on the side of the cell, two in one, cut her wings (a great mistake) 
she was found missing this pm, think that she had never been with drone 
like the [illegible] queen [illegible] in my book. saw a very white bee head. 
20th a light shower last night, weather very cool, 56 degrees at 12 pm, [illegible] and
when sun shone bees worked well, from linden, too cool for clover. saw a very curious
queen cell, built from neck of worm in not sealed over. Cary queen a 
very light one. have 17 queen cells in large colony of 54 queen sent to Mr. quimby. 
 (21st) 50 degrees. windy, cloudy, bees do very little. 22nd 50 degrees. windy, cloudy, bees
do not get much. made a few swarms. so sealed queen cells in a nucleus
with old queen. she was removed from full hive for want of sufficient fertility
had three pence queens hatch, one very large, beautiful, others fair. 23rd 48 degrees
grew warmer, before it clouded in pm, bees worked well. am going into the
boxes, shall make no more swarms. a very large queen hatched at 5: 00 pm
yesterday, 6 sealed queens in her nucleus not valued. early this am first 
only one opened. a young queen hatched [illegible] later has not at [illegible] to
any but in sealed queen. caged a queen and gave them a just hatched
one, hemmed in some, not hurt, acted like a [illegible], ended up



