186 | :-Yhe Hiftory of Burs, = 
a. Groove; over the Back- Window, The 
eight Pannels. or Squares nine Inches deep 
(and three \Parts of an Inch thick when 
planed) are to'be let into the Top fo far, 
as to keep them in their proper Place; {e- 
cured at each Corner with Plates of Brafs; 
and at the Bottoms cramped with Wires 
to keep them firm; fince'the Heat in: Sum 
mer will try their Strength, | 
A Glafs Window behind, fixed ina Beane, 
a, a thin Deal Cover, two. {mall Brafs 
Hinges, and a Button to fatten it. Here you 
may inf{pect into your Colonies and fee their 
State, Employment, Profperity and Improve- 
ments, with Pleafure and Safety, at any 
Seafon. | 
Front Doors to your Colonies, and two 
Glaffes to one Box, Iam fenfible are of fo little 
Service, and attended with fo many Incon- 
veniencies, that I utterly diflike them, and 
never ufe more than one, which I find welf 
enough anfwers the Defign. Thofe who 
are otherwife minded may have more. 
Two Brafs Handles, on each Side one, are 
necefiary to lift up the Box or Boxes, fixed 
in with two thin Plates of Iron, near three 
Inches long, to turn up and down within the 
Box, and put in three Inches beneath the 
Top-Board, which is nailed clofe down with 
Sprigs to the other Parts of the Box, ; © 
‘Thofe who chufe.a Frame within, to 
which the Bees may faften their Combs, 
need | 
