[f. STORY sb.2 + -FY.] trans. To arrange (beehives) in stories. Hence Storifying vbl. sb. (also attrib.).
1827. E. Bevan, Honey-Bee, 99. This shed … is adapted either to storifying or single hiving. Ibid., 111. Side boxes occupy a great deal more room than storifying boxes.
1888. R. C. Day, Mod. Bee-keeping, in Good Words, May, 355/1. He finds himself in doubt between the combination system, the ‘storifying’ system, [etc.].
