Reference for Bava Batra 159:6

חלות דבש מניח שתי חלות וכו': אמר רב כהנא דבש בכוורת אינו יוצא מידי מאכל לעולם אלמא קסבר לא בעי מחשבה

R. Johanan said: [The buyer] takes the three swarms alternately.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The first, third and fifth. The others belong to the seller. The yearly swarms deteriorate as the year advances and by this arrangement the respective shares of buyer and seller are equitably distributed. ');">¹⁰</span> In a Baraitha it has been taught: [The buyer] takes three swarms consecutively and after that he takes them alternately.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he takes one and leaves one'. ');">¹¹</span>

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