Drone brood in another Italian stock 
much honey, great amount of bee bread, not to be now on flour. Some of the comb appears to be 
more than half full of bee bread. 23 64 to 80 degrees very windy but bees gather 
Very fast. After much labor drummed out stock from drone laying hive, hive 
holds over 2 bushels, still many bees in it, saw no drones, gave to the bees 
young queen bread from Dayton queen as I saw no queen and concluded that the 
drones were produced by a fertile worker, the bees can find her, and in a few 
hours I took her away unhurt, put her in cage, stuffed it with paper, caught her
In the stopper, she was curled up and unable to walk, [illegible] and 
when liberated again flew, lit among the bees, still confined took her away, bees 
keep on her cage, found a small queen or fertile worker dead before the
Hive, this was the drone layer, shall send her to doctor leidy. Took out Dayton 
queen and all the bees and put them in the two bushel hive, colony a 
small 1, queen has one claw gone, gave the combs to the bees taken 
from the old box. Dandelions appearing, early apples beginning to blossom 
pears and cherries in full blossom. 24 found young queen dead, as soon as 
the bees from old box got brood they at once began to work with great 
zeal, did more in part of a day than for weeks before. Had a 
heavy shower last night, wind from Southwest now northwest, clear cool. 
49 to 60 degrees very strong northwest wind, bees dreadfully [illegible] about 
bees from old box very active, bees would have been better off if shut 
up. 25th 40 to 72 degrees slight Frost in low places, beautiful day for bees, 
Apple trees in full blossom. In the Creek bottoms noticed a number of sugar 
maples in blossom. Some only one half or less of the tree in blossom. 
Beech nearly ready to blossom. No queens started yet in comb given to the 
bees from old box, they work wonderfully. Saw sealed drones in best Italian 
Very easy to subdue when honey is plenty, cut out a piece of com for a 
nucleus and put bees of this stock to it. Wish to see the color of queens raised 
from this queen, she is a very handsome queen, but not equal to some I have 
seen in color, her bees appear to be all finally colored. 26th 50 to 76 degrees Southwest
wind very strong, please work well. Carried nucleus to doctor Hills and gave them 
their Liberty. 27th 62 to 76 to 50 degrees strong Southwest wind, bees work finely, nucleus at doctor 
Hills has five queen cells started. Received a nucleus from honest skillful [illegible] 
Ww Cary from eggs of his best queen, has four sealed queens, two combs have 
each a few eggs and larvae. I think that most of the eggs failed for want of 
be bread or water. Shall try to make nuclei raise queens from the larvae 
and save all the queens. PM, put two of the [illegible] sealed queens in the 
colony from old box which had started queen cells. Took up one of the comb 



