 (13th) Same intensely hot weather, a slight sprinkle [illegible] last night, 30 deaths yesterday and 
30 day before in [illegible] from sunstroke. 5 am. Removed Queen from [illegible] (2) to
[illegible] (2) as all the drones seemed to be killed. Looks like a failure. Gave nucleus 
their Liberty. Notice how much water is consumed by bees in confinement, which can be 
used only as a drink. 15th gave [illegible] 3 Liberty, removed Queen and caged her in a nucleus 
16th returned Queen as she looked as though she might be impregnated. If she is she must be laying in 
her colony on Monday, which she could not do if she was [illegible] this PM. 7 pm She is [illegible] 
this PM, and so ends in nothing these [illegible] fertilization, [illegible] chance to fly 
July 4th 1883. The season of 1881 was a very good one here, white Clover very full of honey 
and although we do not have many lindens and there were over 100 stocks of bees quite near to 
each other never knew bees here to gather so much from Linden. It gave a delicate straw color to the 
honey and a very strong Linden flavor. Linden honey if emptied has too strong a resinous taste if
left to be sealed by the bees has a [illegible] flavor. 1882 the worst year for bees near me
That I ever knew. White Clover abundant and much propitious weather, it had no smell and bees 
had to be fed to keep [illegible] alive, not [illegible] of surplus during much of the [illegible] gathering season the strongest 
stocks had not a cell of sealed honey. In September some work done on asters etc but the stocks had 
to be fed heavily. Many on this [illegible] perished. this may be called the white Clover year, for 
hundreds of miles it [illegible], last year having no smell it had next to no honey. This year very fragrant and 
rich in honey. [illegible] as two honey this year, or the old [illegible] saying, in a Good year every 
weed sweats honey. Last year 1881 Linden here unusually full of honey, this year has [illegible] 
but not so rich. 1882 [illegible] well but little in it. Have noticed that this seems to be the general 
rule. If the year honey season begins with little in the blooms of [illegible] 2 hold out so [illegible] 
not over once in fine year does Linden here seem to amount to much how [illegible] 
when I used to pile one hive on top of another [illegible] 4 stories and used hives with holes 
in bottom board for communication when I left the entrances of all open bees flew [illegible] 
[illegible] any but the lower story. My [illegible] have some for stories on new openings for flight [illegible] 
[illegible] the last few days [illegible] up to 90 degrees they have 4 ventilation propped up the upper 
corner, see no disposition of bees to come out from or [illegible] top story, [illegible] 
are distressed by the heat [illegible] nothing of the kind. 5th 94 degrees small shower yesterday PM 
[illegible] working so well on Linden as 1881 [illegible] 
[illegible] but does not smell so sweet 5th 3 PM [illegible] time for young bees and [illegible] hives with 
covers propped up and nothing [illegible] 
both very few bees disposed to [illegible] chance to fly any more than [illegible] 
[illegible]
With heat 90 degrees. Linden able to [illegible] nothing 4 honey compared with 
1881. [illegible] 7th Clover good but getting [illegible] 
good shower [illegible] nearly all night 8th [illegible] 4 1/2 68 degrees [illegible] very cool 
[illegible] 9th 56 degrees PM 74 degrees and then wonderful flow of honey from Clover, Linden gone 
has given flavor 2 honey but not [illegible] 52 degrees little done in AM 
a wonderful flow of honey [illegible] 
work begun and then [illegible] all day although honey plenty [illegible] 11th 68 to 80 degrees cloudy and 
slight sprinkle AM [illegible] 
12th 68 to 86 degrees showers all around great flow of honey from white Clover continued 



