BEE HOUSE. $3 



Good painting will be of advantage to 

 preferve the whole. The door- ways fhould 

 be of different colours, for the bees the 

 better to diftinguifh their refpecYive habita- 

 tions. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



The jun&ion of the boards at the top, 

 however clofe at firft, will gape afterwards 

 by the changes from heat to wet ; to remedy 

 which flop it with putty, or rather, as foon 

 as it is nailed on, a flip of thin lead, of two 

 inches broad, fhould be tacked over the junc- 

 tion, which will effectually prevent wet 

 from getting through. Bohea tea-cheftlead, 

 that which is whole y will anfwer the purpofe. 

 It is of the moft material confequence to 

 bees to exclude wet. I have tried feverai 

 other materials for roofs, but none anfwered 

 fo well; and mine is a very trying fitua- 

 tion. 



If the front is not truly perpendicular, and 



the floor truly level, the boxes will not fit 



clofe to the front, and thereby leave vacancies 



E 3 between 



