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Journal continued from YO 
June 23 1860 bees working well on Clover and Linden, very dry. 
In AM went to l burns where I kept my Italian queens. Found 
the two win last looked at unfertile, with sealed brood. The one to which I 
gave brood from the first fertile one two weeks ago June 9th had queen 
nearly mature, so only one drone. Took all the three queens, one not 
so well colored, two others splendidly colored, almost to the tip of their 
abdomen's, put them up in paper cones [illegible] a little [illegible] 
was put to them want to have been put in queen cages when I 
reached home one of the best bees gone, paper not [illegible] got through, 
it [illegible] disappointment, how [illegible] gave 
the [illegible] Two US stock pulled out of box, and [illegible] 
with hatching bees, their queen was taken from them, when they missed 
her Italian queen given in cage with [illegible], one layer to [illegible]
her, let her loose, all received well. A large [illegible]
And brought from a distance swarmed out hive had no frame guard
had only made small piece of comb, hived them in the one from which
a [illegible] swarm left with frame guides gave them some comb with
eggs. [illegible] Italian gave to another colony in one of the [illegible] 
boxes to lay eggs in their cells. 24th [illegible] very hot and dry. 
25th Linden in full bloom, and bees very hard at work on it. 
[illegible] on white Clover, get from [illegible] almost [illegible] it is 
no [illegible] in honey. Found 4 [illegible] for Mr cross. 
Made them all strong, gave [illegible] another stock a sealed queen, 
got home at 11 AM. Examined my Italian queen sealed had hatched. 
Young queen black. So that she had been with common drone. Found on 
Saturday a stock with excess of drones less than a mile from Mr 
[illegible], this did the mischief. Found that in my alarm the 
other queen had gone off with her handful of bees. The last hope 



