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ground on each fide. This will be a good 

 fecurity at all times. 



Placing the hives at tfie diftance before 

 itated, will preferve the bees from quarrel- 

 ling, or emigrating from one hive to ano- 

 ther. 



Opulent perfons, to whom the appearance 

 of ftraw hives may feem inelegant, might 

 have them concealed from view by fuch 

 fhrubs as are of fervice to the bees, planted 

 at fuch a diftance as not to intercept the fun- 

 fhine to the front of the hives. 



Or, handfome covers, fomething in the 

 fhape of hackels, terminating in a point at 

 top, and painted, would have a pleafing 

 appearance. 



Or, a screen in perfpe&ive, of rocks or 

 ruins, &c. with proper openings for the 

 }>ees to iffue from behind, on floors properly 

 difpofed, on which they mould be placed as 

 in ( a bee-houfe. 



N. B. By fir aw covers are not meant 

 tops, which are of wood, with bars. Nor 

 are hackels me:arit by the term tops. 



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