The Bee World, Volumes 4-5Apis Club, 1923 |
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Page 189 - Much already has been accomplished on this path ; more than people are aware of, — so gradual and silent has been the advance. How noiseless is the growth of corn ! Watch it night and day for a week, and you will never see it growing ; but return after two months, and you will find it all whitening for the harvest. Such, and so imperceptible in the stages of their motion, are the victories of the press.
Page 158 - Through the soft air, the busy nations fly, Cling to the bud, and, with inserted tube, Suck its pure essence, its ethereal soul ; And oft, with bolder wing, they soaring dare The purple heath, or where the wild thyme grows, And yellow load them with the luscious spoil.
Page 78 - ... a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world, and thus to establish a current of fresh and true ideas.
Page v - Arranged to meet the requirements of the Syllabus of the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education, South Kensington.
Page 106 - That such adult honeybees may be imported into the United States for experimental or scientific purposes by the United States Department of Agriculture: And provided further, That such adult honeybees may be imported into the United States from countries in which the Secretary of Agriculture...
Page 219 - OESPISE not any man, and do not spurn anything; for there is no man that hasnothis hour, nor is there anything that has not its place.
Page 36 - Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby direct that the said Act New Zealand (including the provisions as to the existing works) shall, subject to the Copt'"<'1...
Page xii - Many hives cannot hold one quarter of the bees, combs, and honey which, in a good season, may be found in my large hives; while their owners wonder that they obtain so little profit from their bees. A good swarm of bees, put, in a good season, into a diminutive hive, may be compared to a powerful team of horses harnessed to a baby wagon, or a noble fall of water wasted in turning a petty water wheel.
Page 198 - Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. They cannot see what it is to do for them : how should they ? If they could see what it would do for them, it would not be originality.
Page xii - If you cannot succeed in doing this, the more money you invest in bees, the heavier will be your losses ; while, if your stocks are strong, you will show that you are a bee-master, as well as a bee-keeper, and may safely calculate on generous returns from your industrious subjects.