 | St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) - 1881 - 352 pagine
...the month run thus : — " Be it weal or be it woe, Beans blow before May doth go." OF THE M.ONTH. " A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay." " The haddocks are good, When dipped in May flood." " Mist in May and heat in June, Make» the harvest... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1870 - 294 pagine
...long time for cooling. The whole matter reminds us of ; Warwickshire estimate of swarms of bees. " A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay ; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spune (spoon) ; A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly." GRACE—... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1870 - 312 pagine
...long time for cooling. The whole matter reminds us of the Warwickshire estimate of swarms of bees. " A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay ; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spune (spoon) ; A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly." GRACE-... | |
 | John George Wood - 1870 - 396 pagine
...issued from the hive, so that there were then three hives. As if to contradict the old aphorism — " 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" — the July swarm... | |
 | 1871 - 614 pagine
...often heard in Worcestershire : — " A swarm of bees in May Is worth a ton of hav ; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon ; But a swarm in July • 'S not worth a butterfly." ЛУНЬ regard to a wet February, all accounts seem to agree, as also... | |
 | 1872 - 800 pagine
...possible, so that they may have the whole summer to make honey in. It is an old proverb : — " ' A swarm in May Is worth a load of hay ; A swarm in June Is...silver spoon ; But a swarm in July Is not worth a fly.' " It seems to me sometimes that bees have feelings almost like human beings ; they are certainly grateful... | |
 | James Colville - 1872 - 128 pagine
...and Cow gave Mouse milk, and Mouse gave Cat milk, and Cat gave Mouse her own tail a-gain. your head. 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. THE CUCKOO.... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1872 - 608 pagine
...facts and information. As the spring-time is now upon us, and as, acting upon the old maxim that — "A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay" — some of our readers may be inclined to make an experiment of bee-keeping on their own account,... | |
 | Cornelius Brown (F. R. S. L.) - 1874 - 196 pagine
...from danger whilst I sleep." The following has long been a beekeeper's tradition of the :apiary : — 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. There are extended... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1874 - 104 pagine
...some-bo-dy sees them and puts them in a hive. We call this a swarm. I hope our bees will swarm soon. A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay ; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a sil-ver spoon ; But one in Ju-ly Is not worth a fly. What will the bees... | |
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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. 
