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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1827-1870, 1963
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NEDDER, n., v. Also nadir, neider. [′nɛdər]
I. n. An extension-piece placed below a straw bee-hive to give extra room for breeding (Ayr. 1952). Comb. nadir-hiving, see 1827 quot.Sc. 1827 E. Bevan Honey-Bee 151, 152:
Super- and Nadir-hiving by means of dividers. . . . Nadir-hiving is accomplished by introducing both dividers between the floor board and the box or hive which it supports.Sc. 1870 A. Pettigrew Handy Bk. of Bees 119:
If a hive which we wish to keep for stock becomes heavy in June or July, we place a nadir beneath it — that is to say, we lift it off its board, place a hive with cross-sticks and a large crown-hole on the board, then place the full hive on the empty one.
II. v. To place a nedder below a hive. Gen.Sc. Vbl.n. neidering, the act of doing this.Sc. 1869 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. I. 221:
Neidering, or extending the space downwards, which is held as a remedy against swarming.Sc. 1963:
To nedder is to put a kind of straw bee-hive below another hive so that the bees may construct new combs and brood chambers in it.
