[If] two sealed barrels, each containing a [piece of corpse] the size of half an olive, are located inside a house, [the barrels] remain tahor, but the house becomes tamei. [If] one of [the barrels] was opened, [that barrel] and the room are tamei, [but the other barrel] remains tahor. A similar [ruling] applies to two chambers that open into a room.

A beehive is located in the doorway [of a house] with its mouth outdoors. An olive-sized piece of corpse is located outdoors, [either] below [the hive] or above it. Any item that is directly below or above the olive-sized piece becomes tamei. What-ever is not directly [below or above] the olive-sized piece [and] whatever is inside [either the hive] or the house remains tahor. [If the olive-sized piece is] inside the house, only that which is inside the house becomes tamei. [If it is] inside [the hive], everything becomes tamei.

[If the hive] is one handbreadth above the ground and there is tumah below it, in-side the house, or above [the hive] — everything becomes tamei, except for that which is inside [the hive]. [If the tumah is] inside [the hive], everything becomes tamei.

In what case does this apply? When [the hive] is a utensil with windows. However, if it was broken and stuffed with straw, or [if the windows] were covered (What is con-sidered covered? When there is no window the size of a handbreadth) [and] an ol-ive-sized piece of corpse is located underneath [the hive], [utensils] directly below [the olive-sized piece], as deep as one can go, become tamei. [If the olive-sized piece is] above [the hive], [utensils] directly above [the ol-ive-sized piece] up to the sky become tamei. [If the olive-sized piece is] inside the house, only the house becomes tamei. [If the olive-sized piece is] inside [the hive], only that which is inside it becomes tamei.