Much as yesterday. Brad did the frames of two more stocks. New comb in the 
best Italian is started to conform to the great forward pitch given to the hive. 
Saw 
saw some eggs in New comb but none in cells that were not at least half done 
in depth. Plenty of drones, one took wing when hive was opened. They are 
not uniformly colored. Think that by tomorrow some will be on the wing. They 
seem to fly sooner than workers, workers can labor in hive before they do out 
of doors, but drones can do nothing till they fly. Nucleus which raised a 
dark queen from my best Italian and had one killed examined, took out queen cell 
found that it had been opened though I did not see it till taken out, 
nucleus with queen cell from my best Italian brought from doctor Hills. I had it's queen 
sealed. Shall raise a number more from my best to see if they will 
be dark, when workers are all well and [illegible] colored. 15th 60 to
64 degrees light white Frost, perfectly still and cloudless early some unpleasant 
wind West. Bees work [illegible]. dandelions still very abundant. Buckeye 
not gone yet. Locust buds not injured. 16th 42 to 62 degrees in my 
large glass hive The queen sell from my best Italian open. Yesterday it was 
much [illegible] one of their own raising opened on side, larvae not yet 
dragged out. I gave them two from best Italian nucleus, one of those came 
to nothing, was opened several days ago. The other I noticed in the nucleus 
when I thought it was too late for queen cells to be made, it was sealed 
many days later than the others. Nucleus formed on the 25th, say it hatched 
yesterday, then 20 days from the egg at the [illegible] see volume 2 UW shall watch queen with 
great interest. In putting bees into hive with movable bottom board saw one queen cell 
on edge of a winter hole, had egg in it, eggs in that comb. Notice that 
when did the hive has such a great start bees aim better at entrance, see it 
from a distance, this will save time, and many bees in windy weather. 
Drones on the wing at 2: 00 PM from best Italian, took out my Colerain queen 
tide her round the middle with a silken thread, it was too heavy and she 
could not fly well, by the time got her ready few drones out, put her back, 
I think it best to tie round the middle, drones out from Italian from queen 
number one flushing, as good looking as the others, with [illegible] much in color 
noticed that drones coming out for first time and caught discharged a Milky 
fluid feces. gave to two nuclei which have had their queen removed, 
about an inch of brewed from best Italian, they have been very 
cross, acted just as queenless hives when they get a queen, set up a roar. 
Best Italian has not worked as well as number two and three. Found stock with 



