placed at equal diftance from 

 each other in the Houfe, take 

 your ftrongeft and beft fumi- 

 (hed Straw- Hive, and place it 

 on the top of the aforefaid Box, 

 with its front to the front of 

 the Box, and plaifter it round, 

 fo as to (top all pafTages where- 

 by the Bees might come out 

 any other way than through 

 the little holes in the lower 

 part of the front of the Box 5 

 let all the windows of the Boxes 

 and all the doors of the Houfe 

 be (hut and kept clofe, except 

 at fuch times as you have oc- 

 cafion to look through them 

 (which ought to be at the 

 Evening or Morning) either to 

 obferve what progress the Bees 

 make in their work, or for plea- 

 fure and delight, only the 

 fmall ledge at the bottom muft 

 always be kept open unlefs in 

 Winter, for then the Bees by 



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