Rain at 9: 00 AM, then [illegible] 52 degrees, steady rain from southeast, at 5: 00 PM, wind changed 
to Southwest and West sun came out 60 degrees then heavy clouds and very heavy shower 50 degrees. Now 
Very clear and calm 54 degrees, sunset 50 degrees. Is not this the warm clear off for [illegible] 
spring weather. Saw a bunch of Buckeye blossoms, should think that it would be in blossom 
sometime, [illegible] if so very abundant, [illegible] show 
from the leaves. After sunset heavy clouds, Thunder and some rain. At 10: 00 PM 
46 degrees 11 1/2 PM 46 degrees 7th 47 to 60 degrees wind early Southwest, very strong, tips bees 
About. I am afraid that queen cells at doctor Hill's got chilled, rain got in 
Their box. This would be quite a loss, eternal vigilance. Took out a queen cell 
from the Colerain nucleus at home, and put in the large glass hive whose queen was 
lost last week when I opened the hive, opened in Colerain nucleus a cell capped 
drone like fertile worker were more slender than common worker worm, plentyof 
Royal Jelly in the cell, like queen cell, tasted it, bees greedily devoured it. 
Took out two queen cells from drone laying stock with date and queen comb, opened one 
so no Jelly in bottom, queen still white was [illegible] gave the other to
a few shut up bees, they adhere to it well. Tremendous wind, bees worked 
well this am, succumbed to it this PM, though much warmer, it turns them out 
if still much money would have been gathered. Dandelions vary plenty and also Buckeye 
[illegible] have honey on well this season. 8th 47 to 64 degrees Coleraine nucleus with 
2 queen cells touching had a living queen this am, her yellow eligible as well as [illegible]
body from girth, will be very handsome, the other queen dead on the bottom boards, 
bees opened her cell, examined at sunset last night, did all I could to save her. 
Cut out large queen sell from [illegible] nucleus, gave to hive with Dayton 
queen comb first taking away all its queen cells, had one fertile worker, no 
Jelly in [illegible] of cell, thick cocoon, no Jelly in base of the queen cells opened. 
Large glass hive had open Royal cell given them from Colerain nucleus. I hurt
it, am so nervous as to be hasty and careless. Must be calmer and more considerate. 
Bees work splendidly on dandelion, very abundant. 9th 44 to 74 degrees bees work 
well, saw them on Buckeye, caught one with a light colored honey tree all 
hummy, Bumble bees on it. dandelion work pretty much over by 11: 00 AM, began to 
close up. Moved two of shyest stocks to Mr cross, bought 4 good stocks of him for 
$30. Found in nucleus from best Italian a hatched queen, dark colored, another 
dead, dark too, could be no cell the last came from. Colrain large cell opened
found large finely colored queen dead in front of the hive. Gave the hatched queen 
to a nucleus with no queen, opened two of those [illegible] cells facing like worker 
cells, had drones. I am now satisfied that my best Italian queen has is not 
purely impregnated, have only one queen from Coleraine nucleus. saw some 
hatch drones in my best Italian, has become quite heavy, very full of bees. 



