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or the Amufement of the Curious: 
But my Endeavours are chiefly laid 
out, and my Boxes intended, for the 
Ufe and Advantage of the induftrious 
Farmer and poor Cottager: and I do 
here affure them, from my own long 
Experience, that their Bees will be 
fafe in thefe Boxes, though they ftand 
in the open Air, in the coldeft Winter: 
Be but careful to fkreen them from 
the Suz, and then bid Defiance to the 
puffing Cheeks of Boreas: Skreen them — 
from the Summer Sun, becaufe the 
Heat of it-is greater than the Bees, 
or their Works can bear; and -tkreen 
them from the Winter Sun, the 
Warmth of which will draw them 
from that lethargick State, which is 
natural to Bees, as well as many other 
Infecs, in the Winter Seafon. A cer 
tain Degree of Cold, and a greater 
Degree of it than is eorationly 3 imagi- 
ned, is favourable to Bees in Winter: - 
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