C.i. 
I«. 
Twt forts of 
feats. 
II. 
The tenches net 
fegeoiaefingh 
fifties. 
V.C. 7.8. S. 
tl. 
Smrmeimay he 
fet on benches. 
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Woodden fiooles 
better then they 
»f fltne. 
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Thefiyef 
fiteles. 
jy. 
SrWfc Hwy the 
fitolesfitould be 
f»9 . 
Of the Bee-Gurden, 
Tome hauc ftucke vp grcenc boughes, and the Bees haue 
lighted vpon them. 
T He place being thus fitted, the feats are to beprouided: 
which, whether they be ftooles or benches, rnuft be fet a 
little fheluing, that the raine may neither runne into the hiue, 
nor ftay at the doore. 
To fet many ftals vpon a bench ( as many vfe to doc ) is 
not good: for that in Summer it may caufe the Bees to fight 5 
as hauing eafie acceffe on foot to each other, and ftanding fo 
neere, that they lhall fometime miftake the next Hiue for 
their owne : and in Winter the bench will bee alwaies wet, 
which loofetbc he cloome, rotteth the bottome of the Hiue, 
and offendeth the Bees: and the Moufev. at all times hath 
free palfage from one to an other, without feare. 
The fingle ftooles therefore are beft. And yet it is not a- 
mifle to fet raeft of your fwarmes vpon benches, about 
the old flails : from whence remoue them to the flooies, 
when the flails are taken: and then fet vp the benches till an 
other yeare. Yet I preferre fingle ftooles fet two foot apart, 
though they bee laid flat on the ground : but it is better to 
reare them with fourelegges, though little and fbort.If they 
berwelueor thirceene inches, three or foure inches may bee 
forced into the ground lor their fur^r ftanding. 
The beft ftooles are of wood : thofe of ftone are too hot 
in hot weather, and (which is worfe) too cold in cold. 
For their fize, they fhould not be aboue halfc an inch or an 
inch without the Hiue : faue onely before, where there need- 
eth the fpaceofthreeor foure inches, that the Bees may haue 
roomc enough to light vpon ? fpeciaily then, when the 
fight of a rainy cloud fendeth them thronginghome. Which 
fore-part from one fide to the other, is robe cut Iheluing 
that it may the better auoid the raine. And therefore if the 
Hiue befifteene inches ouer,» he fieole fhould not be aboue 
fixteeneor feuenteene inches one way, and nineteene or 
twentie at th e moft the other way. 
Thefe ftooles would be fet toward rhe South, orrather a 
pointer two into the Weft : that the Hiue may fomewhac 
breake 
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