 | 1846 - 266 pagine
...John Boldero. 70. following is quoted in Miege's " Great French Dictionary," fol Lond. 1687, 2d part.] A SWARM of bees in May Is worth a load of hay ; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon ; A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly. 71. THEY that... | |
 | William Charles Cotton - 1848 - 152 pagine
...his pains, and they by losing their lives in the act of stinging. IV. SWARMING AND HIVING BEES.— A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay, A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon, A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly : so runs the old... | |
 | Edward Jerningham Wakefield - 1848 - 512 pagine
...bee master indeed who will not freely give out of this abundance. *****" "SWARMING AND HIVING BEES. " A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay ; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon ; A swarm of bees in July Is uot worth a fly. " — so runs... | |
 | william blackwood - 1849 - 764 pagine
...the bees supplied him with their honey. * Georgia, book iv. There ia an old rhyme which says, that A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay ; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon ; A swarm of bees in July la not worth a fly. Mr Alexander... | |
 | Harvey Prindle Peet - 1850 - 278 pagine
...the bees begin to swarm. Have you ever heard the old saying about early and late swarms 1 " A swarm in May is worth a load of hay." " A swarm in June is worth a silver spoon." " A swarm in July is not worth a fly." Milking. A n«wly hived Swarm, of Bcet. That must be a good... | |
 | William Augustus MUNN - 1851 - 64 pagine
...supposed relative value of early and late swarms is thus mentioned in an old English proverb : — A swarm in May, Is worth a load of hay. A swarm in June, Is worth a silver spoon ; A swarm in Jnly, Is not worth a fly. 43 SWARMING AND HIVING THE BEES. EVERY good swarm should weigh... | |
 | Thomas James - 1852 - 114 pagine
...proverbial philosophy " will give the supposed relative values of early and late swarms : — *' A swarm in May Is worth a load of hay ; A swarm in June Is worth a silver spoon ; A swarm in July IB not worth a fly." ever, happens that there are more than two from the same hive,... | |
 | 1852 - 324 pagine
...proverbial philosophy" will give the supposed relative values of early and late swarms : — " A swftrm in May Is worth a load of hay ; A swarm in June Is worth a silver spoon! A swarm in July Is not worth a fly." is called a " maiden or virgin swarm," and the honey is reckoned... | |
 | H. D. Richardson - 1852 - 140 pagine
...are quite as applicable to the relative size of the swarms. Their doggerel lines tell us that — *' A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay ; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon ; A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly. And, hence a... | |
 | Henry Stephens - 1852 - 828 pagine
...before May doth go. A May flood — never did good. Shear your sheep in May — and shear all away. A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay. Look at your com in May, And you'll come weeping away. JUNE. Look at your corn in June, And you'll... | |
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A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly. 
