Open hive with date and queen, so a young bees very poorly colored. In color and not shape 
a project [illegible] of pure blood. Open strong Italian stock, fed for about 2 weeks. 
Found egg and young worms in drone cells. Might form nuclei now. Yesterday 
nucleus in house [illegible] many bees got out covered with dust etc, fed them in [illegible] 
dried them and they were returned alright. Bees might be allowed to fly and empty in 
a warm room, those that did not go back, put in water etc. If more 
stocks so early in spring they have not flown, or we receive them too late in 
fall to fly, this plan will answer. Greenhouse would be best place. 
10th 42 degrees very raw. Saw an Italian on a bowl [illegible] some
Feed [illegible] 44 degrees. Cloudy, wind strong, exceptionally disagreeable, when disturbed 
flew off lovely. [illegible] yesterday for a [illegible] a stock just ready to [illegible] from 
[illegible] 11th fair early 44 to 54 degrees, in a few hours clouds rain wind still southeast 
bees in [illegible] Italian stock very eager for pollen. [illegible] Rye flour and water, 
then half [illegible] sugar syrup fed to bees, [illegible] a few bees 
chilled in the meal box. 50 degrees at 7: 00 PM. 12th 54 to 64 degrees bees get pollen 
and yet adhere to flower, towards noon more rain, in PM heavy showers, at 
sunset clear. At 7: 00 AM found queen of nucleus hatched, very dark colored, 
lasting 24 hours from time queen taken away, she was over 16 days in hatching, 
examined hive yesterday am, no queen. Please eat very greedily the flour syrup. 
Saw four bees on the blossoms of the [illegible], only a few blossoms are out. 
13th 52 degrees rain, clear towards night northwest. 14th 42 to 54 degrees strong northwest wind 
best Italian out in large numbers, too cool for bees, all of them are fed with 
sugar paste. 15th 36 to 54 degrees very raw most of the day, at the warmest 
sun out a little, bees flew [illegible], got some honey, best Italian exceedingly 
busy. Fort Sumter taken, bella horrida bella wind in southeast. 
16th 39 to 50 degrees ground frozen, ice in tub did not melt in sun till noon, 
perfectly clear in towards night cloudy and [illegible] of [illegible] warmer, bees greedy for
flour and flour syrup, get hardly any pollen. Bees not fed are dying all 
over the country. 17th 41 to 56 degrees tremendous wind from the West, bees dashed about 
wonderfully. Sugar Maple in blossom, plums and Peach is. [illegible] 
Maple blossoms very [illegible] some trees full others most of them not a blossom. 
[illegible] and poplars fully exhausted. 32 to 55 degrees bees 
able to get some honey, greedy for flour yet. 44 to 75 degrees beautiful day 
bees in am on flour, by noon all left, Peach and cherry and plum 
in full blossom, bees get much honey, but Italian exceedingly active. 
24 62 to 78 degrees [illegible] Italian saw worms and eggs in drone cells that 
had the same on the 9th, none eaten. In the cold rainy weather they must 
have destroyed eggs and worms of drones that were there on the 7th. Bees have got 



