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wax. in the consumption of honey to be made into wax, a large amount of oxygen disappears. does not this
produce the great warmth always occasioned by the process of comb making and which is necessary to the molding of the wax to
form the cells. wisdom of god seen in this. 
wax. by keeping something under frames in spring, and when new swarms are
hived much wax may be saved which will be of considerable [illegible]. when 
worms are abundant it will not answer perhaps so well. 
may 1863
journal for [illegible]. for good bee season very poor. 28th wind, east, very
dry. locusts do not smell, yield no more honey,
bees get little today. in open hives black bees very bad to rob,
few Italians. stocks with [illegible] comb made between guides which
were weak here grow very fast, much faster than stronger ones in
poor comb. had three very beautiful Italian queens hatch today. 
29th rain wind from southeast very strong, towards sunset, thunder, heavy rain, powerful 
rain in night. locusts nearly gone, last few days no smell, bees have
got little from them. better thus as the stocks generally in consequence of
having gone to cider mill last fall were not strong enough to work
on it as last year. white clover abundant. 30th garden drain discharging
freely this am, cloudy, cool, wind southwest. a queen hatched with imperfect
wing, her cell had been slightly crushed in. last night gave a young
unfertile queen to a colony with queen cells. having taken away wax of the
queen cells, this am, found them built up again, queen active but
one of her wings stands out, she must have been confined by bees. nucleus
with impregnated queen swarmed out. cool, damp, saw bees on raspberries at near 
dark. had strawberries yesterday. the rain of yesterday has changed the prospect 
for honey, it is now very fair. queens are filling their comb with 
march 31 1852. piece of eggs, and before the bees get much honey then will be a large spread
straw or [illegible] of brood. 31 a good shower last night, and a good one
put in feeder, to this pm, hail not far from us. a queen impregnated on the
[illegible] 28th has no eggs. June 1st powerful wind, rather cool. 



