Of the Htues> 
Thevfeof the Winter-doore is to ftraighten thepaftage 
wbenthere needeth not fo much roome, that f he Bees may 
the better keepe out the Robbers, that the Cold may haue 
the Idle force, and that the Mice may not enter, which in 
winter are wont to make much fpoilc.v.c.yr.v.3. 
TheBarreor (hutting is to bemadefoure fquareof lome 
heauy matter, as namely of Lead ( that neither the rough 
wind nor craftie Titmoufe v. may remoue it ) in * length, 
depth, and chicknefte fitting to the wicket : with fome little 
hollowndfc next the ftoole, that may let in the aire, and not 
let out the Bees. 
* The length maybe three inches and an halfe, the thicknefie three 
quarters, tbc depth halfe 3n inch: aad the length ot the hollo vvneffe two 
inches and an haife, the depth halfe a quaricr of an inch. 
For want of Lead or other mettall, you may with a ham- 
mer and grind-ftone fit a Tile-fhard : but let that be fome- 
what broad, that it may lie the fafter on the ftoole. 
'The yfi of it. With this Barreyou may fiiutor halfe fliut the Wicket, as 
you (halifeecaufej to defend the Rees in the moredangc- 
rouxtimes from Froft, Snow, Titmife, and Robbers. 
For fmall ftalls, the Gate, Wicket, and Barre, may be all of 
34. -aleftefize. 
Tfo* Settle, Ic is alfo conucnient for each hiue to haue his Settle before 
him : which may be a plank e of the bredch of the ftoole, 
and of that length that it may ftand leaning from the ground 
to the fore-part of the ftoole : that thereon the Bees may 
fettle when they come wearieor thronging home, and fo af- 
cend to the doore ; and that there they may funne andre- 
frelh themfelues being chilly and wearie. Ocherwife you 
may make a narrow phnke or boord to ferue, fitting the 
length of it to the bredch of the ftooles, and then the one 
edge leaning to the fore-part of dieftoole, let the other bee 
borne 
31. 
-v ft of it 
The Ptirre, 
V.c.j.n. 6. 
