Drone cells as though she [illegible] to lay [illegible] many are partly [illegible] her body
Weather 94 degrees honey flow nearly over, so very dry. Drones in small nuclei six days
New plan for hiving bees
Do not offer to fly. (8th, 9th) No drones fly, weather intensely hot. 95 degrees yesterday, 96 degrees today. 
all eggs gone in drone cells of (2) with best [illegible] fertile worker. In (1) an Italian Queen has hatched, the last 
no more eggs laid, some of the drone larvae doing well, all get next to no 
pollen, some cells have it. 4 � pm. Drones from [illegible] 2, fly well, most of them 
must have taken wing, about 8 days old. [illegible] in 6, great heat may have delayed 
mine. 10th 6 PM one drone from fertile worker found capped sealed. (11th) 6 am five drones sealed. 
It is evident that most of these drones were from eggs laid about the same time. 12th 6 AM 
16 sealed drone Queen there also wingless fertile worker 13th 6 AM 26 drones sealed 3 1/2 PM 36 
found Italian Queen with signs of impregnation, at 6 AM removed [illegible] (2) to [illegible] 2
Drones given to [illegible] (2) killed, Queen does not look impregnated, well received, some [illegible] 
later found her well received, broke down sides of three Queen cells with nothing in them. 
3 1/2 PM, Queen alright Queen cells repaired and two more of same appearance on another 
comb, weather drones or Queen seem to have flown, 4 PM, drones begin to fly all 
at nearly the same time as it seemed. Broke down cells repaired, 6 new and all of them 
have been built over pollen cells. 14th at 3 1/2 PM [illegible] Queen with signs of impregnation 
[illegible] cells repaired, what I call hooded cells a good rain oh how needed 15th removed 
Italian Queen from [illegible] (3) when drones were killed. Caged her in [illegible] (1) 16th so many bees on cage 
and Queen looked so much as though she might be impregnated, that I returned her to [illegible] (3) which 
had its Liberty yesterday, a great demonstration made over her. If she was fertilized in confinement 
then she ought to be laying, when I look at her Monday, and when her bees hatch should show 
[illegible] blood. [illegible] (1) has about 60 sealed drones, found at 6: 00 AM eggs in 
some drone cells near capped drones, and two just hatched worms well bedded in Jelly 
now if Queen laid the eggs a fertile worker must have laid these two. A Queen and a fertile 
worker can therefore live together. Mr. D A McCord found a fertile worker laying in drone comb 
their wings troubled her about getting down deep enough into cells he saw her lay 3 eggs on 
the sides of cells, and then he found a laying Queen, with his finger guided them close to each 
author but they did not notice each other. (18th) Queen evidently avoids drone cells and lays in worker 
besides quite a number of drone larvae which could only come from fertile worker, at 7 am 
[illegible] Queen has laid a few eggs. That is [illegible] fertile worker still at it, in some drone cells five
eggs, one egg on side of cell, Queen seen dropping an egg, she won't lay in drone cells. 
July 25th 6 AM no drones hatched 5 PM two hatched, two hatching. 



