And some falling today. 4: 00 PM, cleared off, called ice in 
Atlantic Ocean. 7: 00 PM 25 degrees 21 more snow last night 7: 00 AM 
16 degrees 22nd 24 degrees at 7: 00 AM 2: 00 PM 46 degrees bees out some, wind strong 
from Southwest 23rd 42 degrees at 7: 00 AM. Raining in am, cleared up cool 
and very windy. 24th 28 to 44 degrees in PM bees flew [illegible] and took 
Rye flour, got some pollen, 1st for three weeks. 25th 38 to 55 degrees 
rain set in by 2: 00 PM, some Thunder. Took queen from Dayton with 
a few bees and put her in nucleus box to lay eggs. Took 
from strong Italian a comb with bees well [illegible] and [illegible]
Down before nucleus box, The Italians at once began to kill the 
other bees. Never knew black bees to act so. 26th gave 
queen back to her colony, she had laid some eggs in central comb. 
Very rainy, warm some Thunder. 27th very heavy rain, severe Thunder 
gust, cleared off rather cool. 28th 29 degrees at 6 1/2 AM, grew warm, 
bees get be bread, but still devour rye flour. Nucleus bees 
here then [illegible], most all adhere, two queen cells started, gave
Them some be bread. 29th 54 degrees at 5: 00 AM, 70 degrees very powerful 
Southwest wind. At 7: 00 PM thundershower. 30th 42 degrees, very raw cloudy day, not a 
be out. 31 32 to 50 degrees variable, rather raw, bees at work on Rye flour. 
At 7: 00 PM, began to rain from southeast, powerful rain with Thunder and lightning during 
most of the night. April 1st 46 degrees too cool and cloudy for bees to fly. 
2 [illegible] home, warmer, 6: 00 PM 50 degrees. Peach trees in blossom in [illegible] 
3rd 32 degrees white Frost, 64 degrees, bees active, greedy for Rye flour though they get 
some pollen. Nucleus has but one queen cell, and only two worker larvae, shut 
up when I was about, had plenty of larvae then. Saw bees getting bee bread from
Old comb, put it on their legs, some were getting propolis from the same hive. 
4th 42 to 66 degrees. Raw southeast wind, bees get no pollen, greedy for flour. queen 
cell and two work are sealed over, bees come after me when walking for food. 
5th 42 to 66 degrees. Warm showers, bees get some pollen, perhaps a little 
honey. Cold rain after dark. 6th 46 to 52 degrees much rain. Have for the last 
10 days fed daily all the stocks a little to encourage breeding. 7th 52 to
64 degrees. Lovely spring day, bees busy on flour, get some pollen, pollen this spring [illegible] 2 
the excessive cold of March [illegible]. 8th 50 to 57 degrees. Heavy rain, almost continuous. 
Drains discharge a large volume. 9th 46 to 51 to 42 degrees. Rain during the night. 



