Dayton, comb raising queens, two cells, they killed the queen given to them. am satisfied 
that the great start gives bees a view of the entrance at a distance. Will it not also 
make the comb straighter by causing them to attach it more to back upright of the 
frame. If I had had a reliable queen I ought today to have had several queens impregnated 
shall live nearly a month. This PM, bees have an abundance of honey and pollen. Buckeye 
will last a few days longer, dandelions very abundant but do not seem to 
attract bees so much. [illegible] hive in large glass and put it in an [illegible] 
hive. 17th 37 to 66 degrees quite a white Frost, do not think anything was injured. 
Shall keep cover off of hive with queen to be impregnated, so as to make it easier 
for her to fly out. Found several dozen Italian drones in glass hive, the hive they 
came from 3 feet off. Three feet lower, different style and color. Did they 
go in because of young queen or by my standing so much before their own hive. Think the 
latter. found young queen, she had some Italian color, like some of the hybrid workers. 
Have her in cage to try [illegible] this and the stock with 
dayton comb, by giving them comb full of sealed brood and larva. In best 
Italian put in place of calm taken a very fine comb at 9 1/2 AM, shall look 
At it tomorrow AM, and count eggs, one also in #2 Italian but not fully built. 
Put in at 10: 00 AM, strength and two nuclei. Expect best Coleraine Italian to be impregnated 
today. Received at noon a nucleus from Colerain, in fine order. 3 
frames with young larvae, eggs, etc. One had a queen cell started. Gave one each to
two nuclei, and left one in, plenty of bees and they work finely. [illegible] of 
the nuclei strength and has opened the queen cell, new bees did it, not 
safe to hurt bees with queen cell till [illegible] know the need it. Went to 
Mr cross is to get bees for a nucleus. The stock I bought of him light in honey and 
not strong in bees. In watering hot bed so uh be drivers with light on wet tomato plant
For water. Drones from half blood Italian not near so good as those from full 
blood impregnated by black drones. 18th 42 to 70 degrees nucleus from crosses had some of the half blood 
Italians and some of black bees, no queen, this AM found the Italian had killed all 
the black bees. Added them to a nucleus that I gave part of the Colerain eggs two. The 
bees from my best Italian, no [illegible]. Made a very strong nucleus from my best 
Italians, gave it Colerain brood and moved it to doctor Hills. Nucleus with Colerain 
queen cell number one add doctor Hills #2 in large hive #3 and one with crosses bees 
number four. At suggestion of Mr Cary I cut [illegible] comb to give more [illegible] for queen 
cells. 19th 52 to 76 degrees good day for honey. Found that the bees brought from 
crosses had a queen, they had destroyed Coleraine queen cells begun she has laid 
many eggs, took her back. 20th 58 to 48 degrees removed eggs near those Colerain larva that I 
thought might yet be changed into queens. Divided the nucleus giving put the



