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The Defcription of the 

 Bee-Houfe. 



* I "*H E Houfe may be made 

 |_ either of Wood, Bricks, 

 or Stone, &c. and covered ei- 

 ther with Lead, Tile, &c. yet 

 whatever it be covered with 3 it 

 muft be fiel'd clofely with good 

 well feafon'd Wood 3 To fmooth- 

 ly that no Vermin may have ac- 

 cefs or place to lodge in, alfo 

 the bottom muft be lin'd with 

 boards well joyned together. 

 It will be convenient that it be 

 two foot,, high above the 

 ground, and ftretched half a 

 foot without the door, that the 

 Bees may more conveniently 

 reft on it before they enter the 

 Haufe, or when they come forth 

 to view the weather, or to lay 



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