The Form of the Boxes, &c. 143 
plates of iron, near three inches long, to turn up and 
down within the box, and put in three inches beneath 
the top-board, which is nailed clofe down with fprigs to 
the other parts of the box. 
Thofe who chufe a frame withis, to which the Bees 
_ may faften their combs, need only ufe a couple of deal 
fticks of an inch fquare, placed acrofs in the box, and 
fupported by two pins of brafs, one an inch and half be- 
low the top, the other two inches below it, by which 
means the combs will quickly find a reft. But if at the 
firft plantation an hive is put into the houfe, together 
with a box, there will be no occafion for fuch fupports. 
One thing yet is wanting to perfect the work, viz. a 
paflage for the Bees to go in and out four or five inches 
in length, but in depth lefs than half aninch. Now we 
are in readinefs for an houfe. 
A Defcription of the Bee-Houfe, for fix Colonies. 
IN keeping Bees in colonies, an houfe is neceflary, 
or at leaft a fhed ; without which the weather, efpeci- 
ally the heat of the fun, would foon rend the boxes to 
pieces. 
Your houfe may be made of any boards you pleafe, 
but deal is the beft; let the materials be of what fort 
you pleafe, the houfe muft be painted, to fecure it from 
the weather. 
The form and dimenfions of the houfe are thefe ; the 
length thereof full twelve feet and an half. Each co 
lony fhould ftand a foot diftant from the other. 
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