C $. Of the Hiues, 
aboue the skirt. In a wicker-Hiue let the vpper ends reft a- 
gainft the middle of the ftaffe,& the nether ends againft the 
parts oficbetwecne the Wickers j and in a ftrawne Hiue, fet 
the vpper ends together in a Cop, and the nether ends a- 
x r . gainft the briars or threads,betwecn the third & fourth roule, 
* The waking of The Coppe is a round pecce of wood an inch or two 
tbeCei'y anief thickc, whole lower fhperfictes is flat, with a holein themid- 
t e Spleets: ^ dlehalfe an inch deepe, for the fpleets to reft in : and the vp- 
per is conuex, turned or hewed fit to the concauitic of the 
top of the Hiue. 
And for the Spleets,take a ftreight hazel or willow- fticke, 
quarter it if it be bigge enough , ^e flit it : then fhauc and 
fraooch the clefts, and hauing brou^t them/o a conuenient 
f> ftrength & length, cut the lower ends forked, to llay againft 
the Hiues fides,and the vpper ends fomwhat picked, and of 
that bignefte that they may fitly ioyne in the Cop or middle 
of theftaffe, with their backs leaning c hard and faft one a- 
gainft another. 
* IftheHiue conteine aboue three peckes , it may well receiue fourc 
Spleets: otherwife three will luffice. 
b StifFe enough to keepevp the Strawne Hiues from finking, fpecially 
when they are turned. > c. <;.n.z z, &■ 13. 
* If you put foare Spleets in a Hiue, then cut their ba*kcs, where they 
muft leant one againft another, to fquare angles , fuch as befoure in a 
circle : if but three,cut them to obrufe angles, >uch as are three in a circle: 
(you may readily try them, before you put them in, by Moulds made tuft 
to thofe formes) and fo will they ftand dole and firme together. The 
firft two of three, and the fit ft three ot fourc are ioofe : it is the Iaftthae 
makes all faft. 
And this is a handfome, cafie,andfure way of fpleeting: 
it is alfogood for drawing the Combes without breaking, 
and for keeping the Hiue from finking and from tearing at 
the top. Befides which there are diuers forts of fpleeting, 
needlelfeto be rehearfed : for eucry Countrey hath his fa- 
ftiion. 
ThefelfJniHT of 3 Laftly, in fwarming time feafon the Hiues that you 
them. ; S " meane to vfe, rubbing them with fweet herbes fuch as the 
Bees loue, as Tyme, Sauourie, Marioram , Baulme,Fenell * 
Hyfop,Mallowes, Beane-tops ? &c. And when the fwarmc 
is 
