140 THE HISTORY OF BEES. 
‘A third advantage arifing to the owners in this me~ - 
thod, is their wealth and riches, by means of their uni- 
ted labours. This neceflarily turns to the greateft profit 
of the proprietor. . 
I have in fome fummers taken two boxes from one 
colony filled with honey, and yet fufficient ftore left in 
the other two boxes for their maintenance, each box 
weighing forty pounds ; and allowing ten pounds for 
each box, with the wax, &&'c. there muft be fixty pounds 
of honey for the Bee-mafter ;_ which at 6d, a pound is 
i 10s. But it really is of more worth, becaufe of the 
goodnefs and fuperior excellence of the honey, the far 
greater part therefore being pure virgin-honey, and per- 
fectly neat and fine. 
- Befides all this, the liberty and pleafure of viewing 
them and infpecting them at all feafons, fummer and 
winter, even in the bufieft times of gathering, with the 
greatelt fafety. 
Neither do they require (as the hives) a conftant at- 
tendance in {warming time. 
This method fo compaffionate, and yet fo ufefal, cone 
tributing both to profit and pleafure, muft appear greatly 
preferable to the other, and far more eligible. 
It might be added, they muft alfo be effectually fecu- 
red from wet and cold, mice and other injuries. 
The Form of ‘the Boxes, with Directions how to make them. 
DEAL, being fpungy, is moft proper,’and fucks up 
the breath of the Bees fooner than what is more folid; 
yellow, dram-deal is the beft, thoroughly feafoned. 
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