


The Forum of the Boxes, &c. 185 
a have tried Boxes containing a Bufhel 
and more, but found them not to anfwer 
the Defign like thofe of a leffer Size, The 
larger are not.fo eafily managed ; they are 
much longer in filling; fo that it is later 
eer you come to reap the Fruits of their 
Labours ; the firft Year yon muft not expec 
It, perhaps not the fecond neither, nor will 
the: Honey be fo good and fine. 
~The beft and pureft Honey is what is 
gathered the firft five or fix Weeks, which is 
worth 15; aPound. And. in’ Boxés of lefs 
Dimenfions, (planted as hereafter directed) 
provided the Seafon be at all favourable, you . 
may take in a Month or little more a Box 
full of the fineft Honey; and in an ex- 
traordinary Seafon the fame Colony will 
{pare you two Boxes, referving what. will 
be fufficient for their own Support. 
For the Top of the Box, an entire Board 
would be beft, or elfe two Boards very 
_. firmly glued together, and a full Inch thick 
when planed, and at leaft an Inch more 
_jn Breadth than the Dimenfion of the Box, 
which, in the Management of the Colonies, 
you will find to be an Advantage; the Edges 
underneath may have a little Mould, merely 
for Ornament’s Sake, 
In the middle hereof muft be an Hole 
five Inches fquare, for a Communication be- 
tween the Boxes, covered with a fliding 
Shutter (of Deal or Elm) running eafily in 
a Groove, 
