148 Of Habitations for Bees. 
_ different gentlemen. Some confift of three 
boxes, placed one above another ; others of an 
equal number placed collaterally ; and a third 
kind are made with one box in the front, ano- 
ther behind that, and the third behind the fe- 
cond. |All thefe different kinds have fquare 
holes in the fides or tops of the boxes, to al- 
low the bees liberty to go from one box to 
another, as they may find neceflary; and 
there are {mall panes of glafs fixed in them, in 
order to obferve the operations of the bees; 
with wooden fhutters to cover the glafs, when 
it is not intended to infpect the hive. | 
I have feen, in thofe favourable years when | 
the bees had fwarmed very liberally, that the 
proprietors have been greatly diftreffed for 
want of hives, to receive their fecond and fub- 
fequent fwarms. But an experienced bee- 
mafter will never be at a Jofs in fuch circum- 
ftances. If all his empty hives are filled, and 
if he intends to take honey in Autumn, he will | 
find many other articles in which they will 
chearfully build and work; fuch as any large 
jar, half barrel, tub, pot, or box of any kind, 
that is large enough. For the bees are not de- 
licate in their choice of a habitation; witnefs 
the well known inftance of Samson’s dead 
lion. 
