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V.c. 
md the Vrefsing of them. 
Hiues are to be made of any fize betweene a bufbell and 6. 
halfe a bulhell : that any fwarme , of what quantity or time Tj,e fi'^ °f Hin ts 
foeuer, may be fitly hiued. v : Lefterhen halfe a bufhell will 
not conraine a competent ftall ; and more then a bufhell is 
found too bigge for any company to continue, and thriue 
together. 
The midling fize of three pecks, or within a pottle, vnder 
orouer, as fitly conteining thenaturall quantity of a good 
ftall, is moft profitable. 
Haue al waies Hiues enough of all forts ( but moft of the 
midling fize) in ftore , left they be to feeke when you Ihould 
vfe them. 
The beft time for making them, whether they beStrawne 
or Wicker, is in the three ftill moneths of Winter, Sagittar. 
Capr . and forthen the*ftraw, briers, and twigs 
are beft in feafon : and then is it bell: to prouide them , be- 
caufethenthey arebertcheape. 
When Hiues are 
to be made and 
prmided. 
* The b.ft ftraw i$ moft yellow without blackf fpots, whichis ftrong 
and tough. 
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Y Our Hiue being ready is thus to be drelfed : Firft, take How Hiues art 
away all thofe flaring ftrawes, twigs, and other offenfiue t » be drejjed be- 
pgges that arefaft in the Hiue, making thein-fideas fmooth 
as may be .* for theleobftacles being many, iftheycaufe not 
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the Bees to forfake the Hiue, yet wilhhey much trouble and The pruning of 
hinder them : you may hearethem (.fpecially in the night) Hiues. 
feraping and gnawing three or fouredaies after they be bl- 
ued, ycafometime a weeke together, as though there were 
mife in the Hiue : and in ftrawne Hues a long time after. 
if you need but few Hiues you may prune them cleane 
withyourknife : if you muft vfe many, then, hailing wet the 
skirts with a cloth, finge or fweale the in-fide : but firll and 
laft rub it well with a Rubber, which is a peece of rough 
grind-ftoneorfand Hone, as great as your hand can hold. IO 
i. The H;ue being pruned, put Spleetes in it, a three or The /praying or 
foure- as thelargenefteofthe Hiuefhall require : the vpper 
ends whereof fet together at the top of the Hiue, and the 
nether ends fallen below in equall diftance, about a handfull 
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