queens, wild with smoke i was not successful. used [illegible], bees very quiet. 17th rain
again today. last night received 2 queens from mr. w. Cary of [illegible]. one a drone
layer u whose drones are very [illegible]. the i other a young Italian [illegible] drone but not
as large or handsome as some of my best 49 queens. a nucleus [illegible] yesterday
it was then robbed, one comb had plenty of young worms, but ants probably had taken them 
unitarianism causes of the introduction of into north england (sp. of pil. vol. 2)
all out. had more moth worms and too few bees. more dark 49 queens have hatched. 
gave the drone layer to a nucleus, shall supply the nuclei with her eggs so as
to have in them my main [illegible] for Italian drones. used the compounds
with sweep in removing more black queens. have put on the honey board near
the holes sealed 49 queen to the [illegible] from which black queens have been taken, they
are well covered by the bees. saw drone eggs in new comb of a black colony. the
Kirtland hive still getting rid of its drones, are slow about it. 18th very warm
no rain today. Cary's young queen given this am, about noon found her
imprisoned, put her in cage again, found a sealed queen cell. found the
drone layer imprisoned, half a dozen bees stung me in getting her away, put
her in cage, does not seem hurt. a young queen in nucleus fertile swarmed out
and was lost, Kirtland hive still busy with drones, others killing them off. 
not much honey gathered. 19th very hot. drone layer gone, also ought to have
built up a colony for her. a queen impregnated 3 days and 21 hours began to lay, her
colony good, comb good, after sunset of very heavy shower. 20th wind northwest 
and more [illegible]. 21st a beautiful queen from otis queen. colony deprived of
black queen had queen sell given which failed, gave a fertile queen in cage for
a few hours, let her out very well received. all the Italians have [illegible] upper part
of [illegible] shiny black, can rub off hairs from young one to make it look so. 
if bees sometimes kill off old ones may not this account for huber black bees. 22nd
hot, but pleasant breeze. yesterday gave a colony to which a queen removed 
in may and kept in a nucleus had been given a central comb with much
drone cells, and fed them in the feed troughs, today i see that the queen
has laid a number of drone eggs. notice how readily a colony with a
sealed queen take an Italian queen. try this experiment. remove queen give
sealed queen, next day give unfertile queen. can find used for remaining 
4 black queens, worked admirably. examined a hive with a fertile young queen 
minutes and found bees confining her period a queen cell opened continually on side by 
just hatched queen and given to another nucleus was closed again and hatched. very good
sized and vigorous drones from a fertile worker. 23 a handsome [illegible] queen hatched
find too much be bread in old [illegible] and swarms and nuclei. white clover 



