1869 see q u (25)
u s
surplus, new plan to get most. (see journal for may 27th, 1868)
superannuated queens. do not the bees when they find a queen growing
old raise young ones, and do not these young ones then destroy the old
one, or does the old one perish very suddenly so that generally the young are 
not too far advanced to be changed into queens after her death. 
[illegible] experiments ought to be performed too ascertain the age to which the queen lives. 
sun. by a little management position of hives may be changed gradually so as
to suit the season of the year. i should prefer to have my hives southwest,
by march or April, to continue until fall, when by [illegible] i would have
them northwest. if hives are properly protected, perhaps southeast best for 
[illegible] 
sunflowers, might prove a good crop for bees. 
sulfur fumes will destroy the worms in comb, when comb is to be
taken and kept from bees it ought to be most thoroughly fumed
sulfured. if this is done a second time it may be kept safely in a
place where the moth cannot have access to it. a tight shut up box 
with arrangements for suspending the frames and for sulfuring would be good. 
August 26, 1865
surplus honey boxes. run all corners with melted mixture, have the 
entrance hole same size and fashion with those on 
[illegible] board, where bees exit, run the mixture over
the box and honey will not leak out. 
front and back of top cover 7/8 inches less than 3 1/2 inches at top, get rabbets by an outside strip nailed on in figure one of my book
[illegible] rear of cover have two grooves to slip down 1/2 inch slats keep apart by nails as in hive with close fitting
tops of frames, to rest back part of frames on stiffen lower corners of box by corner bands of [illegible] over or 10 back of the
frames which ran from front to rear will be room for two shorter frames running from side to side. 
in 10 frame hive use only 10 frames above or 11, if you want to use honey for bees below. 
upper cover thus fixed will hold about 90 pounds of honey. hive with 13 frames will hold about 115 pounds 
in upper box, and about 25 pounds more than the 10 frame hive in the [illegible] hive, say 50 pounds more than the smaller 
in this way all my hives can be altered from the present [illegible] for surplus honey too [illegible]
size and at very small expense. if preferred the same arrangement will accommodate a double tier of boxes,
the box is being about 4 3/4 inches high, these boxes may be in sections. or the colvin plan may be used, long wide 
frames running from front to rear, with four small ones in each with comb guides between. see te 



