June second. Sabbath bees are gathering finally. Clover abundant. 
Brought home another powerful stock. Much honey in the 
upper box. Made two fine swarms from two large hives. 
3rd Sabbath bees work well. Linden will soon be in blossom. 
4th found a swarm, did not get the queen, when bees began
to leave hive, gave an Italian queen, she was stung 
And died in a moment. It will not do to give so soon. 
All my operations where bees are crowded and hives [illegible] 
are unsatisfactory. Have three nuclei raising queens, the 
[illegible] from which the Italian queen's were taken. The drones 
of that number one Italian are of all shades. Today they were 
flying very briskly. Examined frame guides, combs are 
all working wonderfully [illegible]. Shall make top and 
bottom strip 3/8 inches and keep them apart with brads etc. 
Showers all around us, bees prodigiously active. 9th for 
the last few days very dry cool and windy, bees have done but 
little for a week [illegible] many lost from high winds. Examined 
my four small stocks [illegible] off. One which had a hatched queen 
[illegible] minus a queen. 2nd what had a queen cell has 
a queen, she took wing, but [illegible] again the top of her hive. 
3rd another UN impregnated queen. 4th a queen laying, she is from 
a pure queen and I hope has been with a pure drone, gave [illegible] 
[illegible] to the hive without a queen. 10th Sabbath 11th 
Linden almost in blossom. Found four large ones on the weeds near
me, bees do more on Clover. On Saturday night had a stock starter 
[illegible] the bees with queen on the college campus, got bees in a hive and 
gave them frames from another hive. Never had honey [illegible] before. 12th 
cloudy, bees work well on white Clover, very dry, Clover almost
gone. 13th 2 queens hatched last night, from mother from the 
number one Italian, father's common drones, colors not much brighter 
than common queens, a little rain last night, slight shower today 
bees are working well. comb made between [illegible] 
very good day for honey, saw bees on the red Clover. 14th 
call to be on red Clover, honey bag well supplied. Forced 
a stock, queen very large, had swarmed, gave it an unfertile 
[illegible] Italian queen, very small, she went in that any 



