Of the Hiues i and the Drefing of them. 
©rtobefaftnedto one foot with two woodden pins: which 
foot let be made of found timber fiue or fix inches ouer; 
and of that length, that it may be fct betweene fifteeneand 
cighteene inches in the ground. 
^lagisaiiiiggi^ mmrnm 
Chap. III. 
Of the Hines , and the ‘Drefting 
them. 
N fome countries they vfcftrawn Hiues 
bound with briar : in fome wicker 
Hiuesmadeof Priuet, Withy, or Ha- 
zel, dawbed vfually with Cow-cloome 
tempered with grauclly duft, or fand , 
or allies. 
The ftrawne Hiues when they are 
olde and loded, do vfually finke on the 
one fide, (fpecially if they take wet) and fo break the combes 
and let out the hony : for which caufe, firft fee that they be 
hard wrought, and then fpleet them ftrong with a Cop, v. 
fitted to the top of the H iue. 
The Wicker Hiues will ftjll be at fault, and lieopen , (if 
they be not often repaired) vnto Wafpes, Robbers, &Mife. 
Anyofthefe, if fheefinde but a little chap, will dig her way 
in : and the Moufe (vnlelfe the twigs be clofewrought) 
though fhe finde none. 
Both thefe Hiues, if they be not well couered, are fubieff 
to wet : which maketh them raufty, and , if it be much, rot- 
reth the combes, and deftroyeth the Bees. But the heat in 
Summer, thecold in Winter, and the raine at all times doth 
fooneftpierc the Wicker Hiues : for which caufe it is good 
to double-dawbe them. 
All things coiifidered, the ftrawne Hiues are better, fpe- 
cialiy forfmallfwaimes. The 
Two forts of 
Hiues, 
%. 
Strawne Hiues 
With their in t 
conuenimetts 
and nmdtts. 
, 3 - 
Wiil^r -Hates 
with their inton- 
ueniencies and 
nme dies. 
Strawns Hiues 
heft. 
