very abundant, bees incline to rob. confined queen of yesterday alright, she was much agitated 2 [illegible] 
[illegible] i saw bees sees her. [illegible] have thus far last ferry 
few bees queens that have gone to meet the drones. 24th o pleasant day, bees very anxious to rob u
removed more black queens. in young Italians after [illegible] up 36 hours some of
their bees killed, none when 48 hours, like 48 hours best. another queen penned
by her bees when hive was opened. gave a just hatched Italian to a nucleus 
rearing queens, they noticed her [illegible], young queen put their heads [illegible]
cells like other bees, and sometimes stick [illegible]. queen just hatched bit me
hard, a queen three days and 22 hours after impregnation had just begun 
to lay, two eggs one on each side of comb. saw a queen with very large
[illegible] of drone [illegible]. a hive with young infertile queen [illegible], a 
number of black drone joined it while on the wing, let black drones fly to
day, saw a number in a nucleus near their hive. heard a gnawing
or scolding sound made by a queen just before she hatched. had
three very beautiful queens today. 25th cooler. a colony with nine sealed 
queens has had all hatch but one, all but one very handsome, heard the
gnawing sound again just before a queen hatched. a queen over 4 days old
seemed to go out at 2: 00 pm, was impregnated. a queen laid about four
hours before four days after impregnation. full colonies and nuclei are
very much crowded with bee bread. removed a queen cell from colony and gave
them a beautiful Italian queen, saw her apparently well received, some great agitation many
running out, opened, a great run setup, continued a long time, hope all safe. 
a queen given to a black stock when let out of cage took wing, and went
back to her nucleus. 26th pleasant. a nucleus too open honey box robbed
had the most beautiful 49 queen i have seen yet, color very rich. found
a queen just coming out, another had hatched, one hatching had a defective
wing. bees of another nucleus had deserted both overnight. 36 hours 
before they hatched, queens nearly mature not so [illegible]. queen in colony
fed has laid many drone eggs, comb with black drone had filled with
water before it was given had all the [illegible] taken out by the bees 
side of queen cell that had hatched gnawed into by bees. some boxes
of honey had the linden taste, but little linden this year. no smell of the
white clover. have used the compound with great [illegible] sweep with the
nuclei 27 warm, pleasant, bees quite clustered on white clover, get
much bee bread. 28th warm, pleasant, 82 degrees. Kirtland stock still [illegible]
drones, do not seem to get rid of many, notice drones coming out are 
full of honey, hive has many drones. the queen found laying in about 
3 2/3 days after impregnation. some [illegible] a [illegible] bees unable to hatch. 



