10 . 
The ft coles height 
V.V)X. If. 
v,n. 11. 
n. 
Hew to he f acted. 
Of the Bee-Gar den. 
fwarme, fet down a crofted circle, and the day of themoneth: 
if he fwarraed againe,fet downe in the fame linea halfe circle, 
with a downe-rightftroke, and the day of themoneth : if he 
did not fwarme, but were full to the doore, fet downe a 
circle with a full point in it : if he did alfo lye out, fet downe 
a circle with a blotted circle in it: if hce did neither lie out 
nor were full, fet downe a void circle. 
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And then doe likewife all the yeares that this ftall endureth. 
When the Table waxeth full jailer the vindemie make a new: 
taking out of the old theRegifterof thofethatliue. By this 
meanes you may certainly know the age, and yearely increa- 
fes of any lfall in your Garden : and fo guelfe whether he be 
fitter to kill or to keepe. V.c. lo.p. 1 .x. 3 . 
Alfo the ftooles ftiould not ftand aboue two foot from 
ground, bccaufe of the wind : nor vnder one foot for the 
dampnefteofthe ground in winter, which would makethe 
Hiuesmoift andmuftiej and for the heat of the ground in 
Summer, v 4 iich in hot and dry weather would makethe Bees 
lye out, and fo hinder both their worke and fwarming. v. 
The beft h eighth is between eightcene and twentie inches. 
Yetifyouhauemany,itis conuenient that the more North- 
ward rankes fhould ftand higher, and the more South-ward 
lower, defeending by degrees from two foot to one: as if 
there be two rewes of ftooles, let the firft ftand two foot from 
ground,the next eighteene inches, & the benches or fwarme- 
ftooles one foot or lefTe. -t/. If there be three rankes befide the 
benches, let the fecond be twentie inches, and the third fix- 
teene, &c. 
This vnequall heighth of rankes may as conueniently be 
cffe&ed, though the ftooles be all cquallj by the vnequall le« 
uelling of the ground : which in a great Bee-fold is beft. 
The ftone-ftooles muft be footed as they may : thefafhion 
of each place where they are vfed will direft you. But the 
plankes or woodden ftooles are either to baue fourc feet 
made of the heart of Oake # or of fome other lading Wood j 
or 
