26th 56 to 82 degrees dandelions and Buckeye have been gone for some days, at the close of 
dandelion not much sought by bees. Am feeding some. Locust a few blossoms in 
the village. I am satisfied that the [illegible] of them, expect a larger 
season of Locust than usual, unless weather [illegible] hot. [illegible] to their
blossoms, also white and red. Am delighted with the easy working of my hive with all 
the last improvements. [illegible] movable bottom boards will be used [illegible] 
25th 68 to 82 degrees went to FG Carys locusts at Hamilton more forward, bees more 
forward. Saw old glass hive I [illegible] him seven years ago, has done well with it. 
Freed a swarm. 26th sabbath day, very warm. 27th slight shower 
last night wind changed blue hard quite cool 65 to 62 degrees bought of Mr C 4 
stocks for Italian queen and hives, brought them home safely, found two 
more nuclei this PM, bees do next to nothing, sudden cold has stopped flow of 
honey. Locusts in [illegible] warm day has brought them forward very fast 
28th 44 to 72 degrees almost Frost, warmed up so as to open nectaries of Locust, but 
hotter weather needed, bees busy on white and Maple [illegible] very on Raspberry 
removed two fertile young queens from 2 stocks, to give them for blood Italian queens. 
Gave one of them a sealed queen in Tumbler. not Italian [illegible] 
[illegible] they were pleased with it. 11: 00 PM blue smoke into nucleus with two 
sealed Italian queens one [illegible] open, very few bees flew, not over four or five. Cut away 
carefully the [illegible] so, nothing in it found a hole in it, before unnoticed 
had hurt it on cutting it out. See that I can open at night easy. 
29th 46 to 64 degrees northeast bees when it warmed up worked very well, but nothing 
compared with hotter weather, by prolonging the bloom may compensate. Removed from 
3 Italian queens hatched today, color very good. Drones from Italian three better colored than the 
others. Shall aim to make not too many colonies, say about 15 from my 20 stocks. 
Shall let old stocks fill up well from Locust before making swarms. 11 � pm
House been sitting up to prevent first hatched queen from causing death of another 
in a nucleus too close to cut one out and have just taken out [illegible] 
and put her in a queen cage with a few of her bees spent nearly 1/4 of an hour 
in finding her, smoked bees well, not half a dozen left the comb. Can now 
examine as well by night as by day, even fewer fly, and all very peaceable, The 
queen a very beautiful one. 30th 12 � am. have just given the hatched queen to
stock #4 glass hive and removed sealed queen with bees enough. 7 � am
The adjoining queen has hatched, very large her cell extra large and very 
yellow, the finest young queen I ever saw. Gave her to a stock with sister sealed queen 
bees can find her a little but think all right, not more than they often do such pale queens 
42 to 64 degrees bees active on Clover and Raspberry, and Locust in PM, rather cool 
for Locust. 31st 45 to 82 degrees wind yesterday East today southeast and South see ga



