Lhe £iftory of Bers. 
the Sun, would foon rend the Boxes 
to pieces. | AP WOD. Suge apts 
~ Your Houfe may be made of any Boards 
you pleafe, but Deal is the beft; but Jet 
the Materials be of what Sort you pleafe, the 
Houfe muft be painted, to fecure it from 
Chev cater t, 3," i} 4 NO 
_ The Form and’ Dimenfions of the Houke . 
are thefe; the Length thereof full twelve 
Foot and an half. Each Colony fhould land 
a Foot diftant from the other, : 3 
The Height three F oot and an half, to 
admit four Boxes together, If only three. 
Boxes be employed, two Foot eight Inches. 
The Breadth two Foot on the Infide. The 
four corner Pofts to be made of Oak, and well 
fixed in the Ground, that no ftormy Winds 
may overturn it, and all the Rails of Oak, fup- 
ported by feveral Uprights of the fame, be- 
fore and behind, that they may not yield or 
fink under 6, 7, or 800 Weight or upwards, 
‘The Floor of the Houfe (about two Foot 
from the Ground) fhould be {trong and 
{mooth, that the loweft Box may ftand 
¢lofe to it, 7 
' This Floor may be made with Boards 
or Planks of Deal the. full Length of the 
_Bee-Houfe; or, which] prefer, with a Board 
or Plank to each Colony, of two Foot four 
Taches long, and fixed down to the Rails; 
and that Part which appears at the Front 
of the Houfe May be cut into a Semicircle, 
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