$6 STRAW HIVES. 



two outermoft bars to be one inch and a 

 quarter wide, and the others one inch and a 

 half. Two flips of wood, b, b, an inch wide, 

 are to be braided acrofs the bars within fide 

 (or rather let in, to be Hufh on both fides) 

 near the ends, to fatten them together, and to 

 keep them at their due diftance. The crofs 

 pieces will thus he below the edge of the hive, 

 while the ends- reft, on it. But firtce the breadth 

 of this frame of bars will not be quite that of 

 the hive, the deficiency muft be fupplied by 

 two fmall circular pieces braided on the edge 

 of the hive, leaving two half-inch openings 

 between them and the bars. As the ends 

 of the bars, when laid on the hive, will 

 leave vacancies between, thefe muft be flop- 

 ped by eow-dung of a due temper, which, 

 when dry, will be fufficiently tenacious. 

 Take care that the whole top be evert 

 and fmootb. It fhould be laid on always 

 in the direction of front and back. 



The ftraw covers are to befaftened on by 

 loops of cord, or rather leathern thongs, paf- 

 fed within, at about two inches below the 

 top of the hive. They are to be four in 

 number, placed at equal diftances-, and; a cord 



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