Those that were kept long from heat of bees did not hatch. Took away young 
Queens from nuclei to give them to larger queenless stocks so as to prevent them 
From breeding drone comb, gave nuclei other unhatched ones. Gave a driven 
swarm an old Queen not their own. They received her at once. The brood of a hive which 
had been driven having been left a long time few hours without the bees the worms 
1st put their heads out of the cells and then tumbled themselves out in great 
numbers. They were almost ready to seal over. Tried again the experiment with 
paper roll in which Queen had been put, numbers kept entering it, 
made another like it, in which no Queen was put, they would not 
notice it, brought a few (4) home from the apiary, at noon, at sunset 
one was still on it, shook him out, took it away, kept [illegible] 
hovering about in search for it, when put back entered it again, 
carried it back to the apiary, bee then left it, it is small. 
I have [illegible] my hives with new Queens, did not do it in one, saw 
them towards night very uneasy, running about, they had comb
with brood given to them, many appeared it was two days ago to 
have left the hive, and seem to have entered one with baseboard 
of same color but some distance off, saw today drone comb 
[illegible] suspected, found Queen cells started, hives ought
all to be carefully [illegible] when young Queens are to leave them. 
24th weather quite cool, these have worked most wonderfully, but today 
the weather changing from intensely hot, but little done. Saw
A young Queen unusually small, [illegible] quite large, one pale in 
color like a just hatched worker, saw one of this kind last year. 
Fear that several of my after swarms which stand close together have 
lost their Queens. They do not appear to have [illegible] did to the brood 
given to them, hives with young Queens ought to be kept at a distance 
from others, or [illegible] in a very decided manner, suppose that they 
were turned around, until their Queens had been impregnated. 
25th still very cool, bees doing but little, fear that I have tried to 
multiply too fast, shall try to make no more, but to build up what 
I have, it is not well to disturb bees too much by opening, taking out 
comb, etc. In my hives an increase of one from two best, don't move old 
hives, get bees wanted from two with one of the Queens, a few combs say 
two from each, brood maturing, have sealed Queen to give one left queenless 
next day, no more swarming and all powerful, this seems to me more and 
more the plan, if natural swarms, double [illegible] swarms, and remove all Queen cells but one. 



