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worms. movable frames which keep combs above bottom board out of the
reach of worms, glass sides against them, one worm will do much
damage in a comb, their sneaky [illegible] do not seem to excite the anger of
the bees so much as rapid motion of the [illegible]. 
see w e journal. June 7th 1863. comb with queen with lid gnawed so as to be
ready to come out, hatched in a few minutes, well received
by bees. is it because these young queens hatch that they are well received, or is true
that young queens like young bees are [illegible]. 15 minutes later i had another queen
with lid open, took her to a strong nucleus having a very fertile queen, held her so
that when she hatched she could crawl up on their comb, she did so and was
well received, moved about in search for honey as freely as a just hatched worker. 
the old queen was on the next comb. this gives to demonstrate that young queens
excite no more animosity any bees than young workers. this new and important
later. cannot find the young queen, many robbers, many killed, if she is
gone not conclusive. it is very certain that just hatched queens are not near
so likely to be molested as older ones. day warmer and moderate for honey. 
bees honey seen upon clammy locust pink. if this good for bees, and for timber
coming about10 to 14 days later than the other locust would be very profitable
to cultivate. but queen caged for about 2 weeks given her [illegible] was [illegible] in
the pm of the 5th. she was laying when looked at very early this am, say in a little over
2 1/2 days. may not difference in the age of queen when impregnated produce a difference in the
time of laying. 9th 45 degrees. found a piece of [illegible] drone comb building in a colony with
a young fertile queen, not very strong, to fill a vacancy, away from brood. found young queen
slightly hemmed in, the one hatched yesterday in colony that killed queen. shall decide whether
bees with caged young queen will build worker comb. put a just hatched queen upon a comb
of a strong nucleus with very fertile queen, excited some notice. does your mother
know etc. two bees fed it, a very little disposition to hem it in. gave to same nucleus
the queen caged for a week or more, rushed upon it when cage was opened, hurt
it, great excitement in the hive. in less than half an hour gave another just hatched
queen to same nucleus, had one leg defective so that she did not [illegible]
not hurt or confined more than the other. put the same queen on comb of another
nucleus with fertile queen, result the same as with the first nucleus, now shall
try this on a large stock. have tried it on a good stock with unfertile queen, same



