A colony with seven sealed Queens examined too late one had killed others, one
Cell still [illegible], gave to other bees, did not cluster on it 
found dried up Queen in it gave a smaller nuclei which had hatched 
a Queen but could not be found queen cell found then opened saw there 
The Queen very very small and yet impregnated. 30th
Attempted drumming unsuccessfully, open below, and bees get down. 
By shaking bees on sheet can make them take wing. July 1st 
Clover still abundant. Do not find Queens in some stocks to
which I gave young Queen, have given them brood com, 
so drone comb building in [illegible] but not in one, test them 
by giving young brood, gave it from a stock from which I [illegible] 
to raise Queens, had two exceedingly small Queens from 
same lot, better keep Queen [illegible] apart from others. 
2nd cool, but exceedingly dry, bees do not gather very much 
honey, transferred 6 colonies from my cheap hives to glass ones. 
Sound Queen in one that I feared was queenless, they had not begun 
to raise young Queen, [illegible] in another, but they have not begun 
to raise young Queen, gave a suspected one brood comb. Queens have seemed 
to be unusually long in getting fertile. Shall not press the multiplication 
of colonies further. buckwheat has been [illegible] in abundance
Near me. Basswood will soon be in blossom, transferred colonies were 
exceedingly peaceable, combs are all straight, but not uniform in the [illegible] 
And some unused, but one comb on each frame, like my new hives 
better, think them improved, like the large air space, ought to be 
a little larger, 1/2 inch all around. July 7th had some rain the 4th. 
bees get little honey, no sweetness in Clover, plenty of [illegible] 
[illegible] bees pay but little regard to it, shall now begin to feed 
considerably. 8th notice the strong stock in which the end 
unfinished comb was quite bare of bees, fed, and then it was covered 
with clusters all ready for comb building. Bees very inactive 
no comb building, colonies seem weaker because they are not 
in [illegible] as soon as fed they spread and cover the combs, find 
it best to tip hive back and pour in from one of the upper 
holes, shall feed now regularly, strong stocks about a pint 
a day and week ones much less, just enough to keep them 
in heart about breeding. I want to get all my stocks strong 
by buckwheat and fall food time, so that they may gather them. 



