16th. Notice in stocks once hybrid but now having pure queens 107
And when most of the bees are her progeny that the old hybrids keep
guard at the entrance. Old bees for fight, young bees for labor. 
Some of these hybrids have been [illegible], and it would seem
As though the last bee will if it can die stinging. Drones. 
Have confirmed and enlarged my observations of yesterday on drones. 
12 3/4 pm. Cloudless and nearly calm. 70 degrees from 50 to 70 degrees the range today 
having quite early in the AM set a frame with many drones into 
another colony having drones, and having shut up drones with zinc 
in the first colony, found at 12: 45 two drones back to old home, and 
most of those drones evidently returned. Drones [illegible] in one [illegible] 
[illegible] are attached to their own homes, about the same as workers 
caged a number of returning drones and found that in about an
hour they could no longer fly, some almost gone, actions same 
as yesterday. Bees then when seen molesting drones have not 
previously [illegible] them, caught when being [illegible] out here a good 
supply of honey, minimum of [illegible], must soon fail if 
they are so molested that they cannot feed. At 1: 30 PM, opened
a colony for drones to fly, kept it open, 15 minutes, cloudless breeze 
70 degrees, choice day for drones, 1. 50 one back, 1. 59 one, 2. 08 one, 2. 09 one, 
2. 10 one, 2. 11 two, 2. 12 two, 2. 13 one, 2. 14 one, 2. 15 one, 2. 165 one, 2. 17 
Two, 2. 18 two, 2. 19 one, 2. 20 one, 2. 22 two, 2. 23 two, 2. 24 two, 2. 25 four, 
2. 26 two, 2. 27 one, 2. 28 one, 2. 29 two, 2. 30 four, 2. 31 three, 2. 32 one, 2. 33 
3, 2. 34 one, 2. 35 one, 2. 36 one, 2. 37 one, 2. 40 one, 2. 42 one, 2. 45 one, 
2. 50 one, some of those last may have been drones coming home from [illegible]
[illegible] as I have not yet [illegible] one to stay out in [illegible] have not yet found 
how many [illegible] journeys a drone will make in one PM too late in 
season to settle this. Some work done on red Clover, pollen scarce. 
17th 44 to 74 degrees. White Frost in low places. Found a stock from which 
I had taken queen and given queen cell nearly mature, with a queen 
some days old, and six extra large queen cells. Extra good mating day. 



