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Sept 11th 1852
Brick Hives. Let there be a platform with cellar space under it and 
holes communicating with it. Let the hives be built upon 
this - brick neatly pointed. If thought best they may be made double 
with dead air space between. Top frame for what may be bedded down 
on the upper surface of the bricks in mortar. The cover to the hive 
may resst upon the same surface. A range of such hives might be built 
without much expense. They might be warm in winter and cool in
summer. [illegible] not a patent be [illegible] for such a mode of construction?