[illegible] it in the combs. two years ago produced nothing. three years ago was
so [illegible] that late swarm did well. [illegible] it inclines to yield every other year,
[illegible] still abundant and bees getting e considerable honey, the season will soon u be 
over. rain this pm with thunder. if enough may [illegible] the harvest some. here
today 91 stocks from 61 and much surplus honey. queens from glass hive are
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again not so well colored. 10th very heavy rain last night and all this
am, garden drain [illegible] powerfully, wind east, cool. 2 queens
born on the third laying eggs today. saw one with [illegible] on the 6th. she
had no eggs early this am. was laying at noon. this as with [illegible] began
on the 4th day. 11th fog, sky as smoky as in [illegible], ground
saturated with moisture, bees again working fairly on clover. found
queen of a nucleus which fed [illegible] her hive, a [illegible] of bees on her 
on the outside of wrong hive, her wings gnawed so that she could not
fly. got bees out of a honey box by putting it near a nucleus,
when they heard the hum they came out rapidly. 12th 54 degrees, smokey 
weather yet, not much honey got, saw [illegible] from milkweed on feet of bees,
1 had them on every claw. a queen seen yesterday with signs of impregnation today
showed it much more, she seems to have been out twice. kirkland hive 
46 getting rid of drones, also 47. much earlier than last year. 
bees often cover over again queen cells opened by queen she removed or tore
open in lifting out frames. next week must take precaution to preserve
and modify [illegible]. hive with best queen swarmed out, queen
confined by [illegible] and went to another nucleus. 13th hot, showers at night. 
great amount of rain. 14th hot, bees work some. removed and canned honey, 
prefer this to any mode i have yet seen. a queen whose cell had been opened
and closed again by the bees hatched. 15th heavy rain during the night and this 
am. another queen whose cell had been torn open so as to discover the larger 
part of her body, and closed by the bees, hatched, saw two cells from which queens
had hatched, with lids sealed tight by bees. found 2 queens that could not
get out, [illegible] too much confused by would of frame, helped them out and
they appear well. notice that the most brilliant queens are usually a
good size and the very dark ones are usually small. where patterns
are removed and refinished com put between perfect ones after [illegible]
come are made to bulge out. bees seem this pm to have gathered
more freely. very abundant rains must advance the growth of fall bee needs. 16th heavy
rain and wind last night, hot day, notice that drones from a fertile worker are
full size and vigor. removed 4 black queens, tried conformed with great success in finding 



