184 The Hiftory of Bats. © 
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‘The Form of the Boxes, with Direc- 
- trons how to make them. 
BEAL, being fpungy, is mott. proper, * 
and fucks up the Breath of the Bees 
fooner'than what is more folid; yellow, 
-Dram- Deal is the beft, thoroughly feafoned, 
An Oagon, being neareft to a Sphere, 
is the beft Form; fince as the Bees in 
“Winter lie in a round Body in or near the ° 
Center of the Hive, a due Heat is conveyed 
‘to all the Out Parts, and the Honey kept 
_fromcandying, which in a Square would not 
be fo effectually prevented, and is many Times 
‘prejudicial to the Bees, and fometimes proves 
their Ruin. Thus much for the Materials, 
The Dimenfions of my Boxes, and which 
‘I would on fo long a Trial recommend 
to others, are in Depth ten Inches the In- 
fide, the Top-board:a full Inch; and. the 
Breadth within twelve or fourteen Taches, 
“Any Gentleman, who chufes Boxes of :a 
_ Jarger Extent, may order the Depth a full 
_ © Foot,°and the Breadth within fixteen Inches, 
not forgetting to make the Houfe propor-~ 
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