Bees idle for some days. A queen has hatched from the last one 
is black, so her mother was not purely impregnated. I have had 
none which were. 13th one of my nuclei with Italian queen impure eloped, went
of [illegible], have paid little attention to them except for [illegible]. A few 
days ago in taking away full honey box, when not half a dozen 
bees fell in it, several of them attacked robbers. 16th 2 
Italian queens [illegible] from flushing, in one box many drones, all dead 
four dying, [illegible] queen [illegible]. queen in another box stung me 
a little as I held her, sting just penetrated, colony two which 
I gave her killed her. Put the other in queen cage and kept in
hive, fed at dusk, in am, she appeared fertile, gave her to a
small nucleus raising queens, [illegible] queens, have examined her 
several times and they appear to treat her well, she appears more lively. 
She [illegible] undoubtedly purely impregnated. I shall use every possible 
[illegible] to get her safely introduced. In hive to which I gave one of the 
first Italian queens, so today some drones on wing, not as well marked as I could 
wish, this queen from #1 flushing, drones sent me are very [illegible] 
and yet all from the pure queen. August 27 have been unwell. 
Made several attempts to give queen [illegible] from flushing to the 
hive deprived of queen, would not receive her, in giving her back to her 
nucleus large spider caught her. Her nucleus sealed 3 queen cells, 
one hatched, good color, another quite dark showing queen impure. 
Her loss then of but little account. Have 3 colonies with Italian 
queens impregnated by common drones. Number one, was strong, 2 
moderate, three quite weak. About first of August neither of these 
nor any of my new colonies had more than a very few pounds of honey. 
Before any work was done on buckwheat and what the colonies 
of common bees appeared to gain nothing. Number one has become very 
heavy, two enough to winter, and three heavier than the best of the 
common bees. The bees in one and two have all appeared well 
colonies for more than four weeks. Have two acres of buckwheat
a few rods off. Until after a rain, had no smell and no bees 
upon it, for the last few days smells strong and covered with bees 
at 11 am few on it, by noon all gone, which the gave a queen 
in June to an old stock, her mother Italian queen from flushing #1, crossed with a 
common drone, she was crossed I suppose with common drone. I see 



