[If the hive] is lying on its side outdoors, and an olive-sized piece from a corpse is located below or above it, everything directly below or above the olive-sized piece becomes tamei, but anything that is not directly [below or above] the olive-sized piece, and whatever is inside [the hive], remains tahor. [If the piece of corpse is] in-side [the hive], everything becomes tamei.

[If the hive] is one handbreadth above the ground [and there is] tumah below or above it, 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. [However, if the hive] was broken and stuffed with straw, or if it contains forty se’ah, according to the Sages, and an olive-sized piece of corpse is located un-derneath [the hive], [utensils] directly below [the piece of corpse], as deep as one can go, become tamei. [If the piece of corpse is] above [the hive], [utensils] directly above [the piece of corpse] up to the sky become tamei. [If the piece of corpse is] inside [the hive], only that which is inside [the hive] becomes tamei. [If the hive] is a handbreadth above the ground, [and] there is tumah below it, [whatever is] below [the hive] becomes tamei. [If the tumah] is inside [the hive], whatever is inside it becomes tamei. [If the tumah is] above [the hive], [utensils] di-rectly above it up to the sky become tamei.