S3) MAHAStMEMt ©£ HIVES 
(in Oct. Nov. Dec. Jam Feo.j 
Be sore to keep your hives warm 
in winter: either keep them in & 
^cnden, mud or stone house and 
aav& them thatched with straw* 
or if they must stand cut, let them 
be well limed and thatched with 
straw. Some people have a kind 
of earthen covets in the shape ot 
hives, which fits and goes on a- 
bove their hives, and the interval^ 
between the hive and cover is fill¬ 
ed up with pob or tow. There is a 
part left opposite the door, and 
there is 0- kind of circular edging 
