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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. "
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edited by - 1860
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Pictorial Calendar of the Seasons, ...

Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 592 pages
...curled around them. And upon all, a quiet silver moon smiled down through the balmy May heaven." 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 says the popular proverb ; and supposing that...
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Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases, Volume 1

Anne Elizabeth Baker - 1854 - 440 pages
...VIRGIN swARM. The relative value of a swarm in the different months is thus estimated in popular rhyme: A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay ; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon ; But a swarm in July Is not worth a fly. or, You had better let it fly. industrious little insects....
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Pictorial Calendar of the Seasons, ...

Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 584 pages
...curled around them. And upon all, a quiet silver moon smiled down, through the balmy May heaven." BEEP. A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay ; A swarm of bees iu Junc Is worth a silver spoon ; A swarm of bees iu July Is not worth a fly. So says the popular proverb...
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Agricultural Biography: Containing a Notice of the Life and Writings of the ...

John Donaldson - 1854 - 264 pages
...frog and her brood. A cold May and a windy Makes a full barn and a findy. A May flood never did good. A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay. But a swarm in JulyIs not worth a fly, &c., &c. Our record inserts this name in compliance with other...
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Pictures of Nature in the Silurian Region Around the Malvern Hills and Vale ...

Edwin Lees - 1856 - 358 pages
...course their value properly appreciated ; hence the following rhyming proverbs are in common use : " 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." WEATHER SAWS AND PROVERBS. together was even now...
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The Hand Book of Illustrated Proverbs: Comprising Also a Selection of ...

John Warner Barber - 1857 - 274 pages
...same in June, and you'll come home in another tune. Shear your sheep in May, and shear them all away. A swarm of bees in May, is worth a load of hay ; But a swarm in July, is not worth a fly. Calm weather in June sets corn in tune. If on the eighth...
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The Ohio Cultivator

S.D. Harris - 1858 - 400 pages
...early chickens. There is a saying we learned when a boy : " A nwarm of bees in May, is worth a ton 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 flowers have opened very well, this spring,...
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The every-day book: or The guide to the year, Volume 1

William Hone - 1859 - 882 pages
...hive is called a out, and the third from the same hive a tpindh. It is a saying in this county, that " 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. " In Warwickshire, also, there ii a different...
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The rational primer; or, First reader

John Relly Beard - 1860 - 202 pages
...and May sun Make clothes white and maids dun. March winds and April showers Bring forth May flowers. A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay ; But a swarm in July is not worth a fly. If the first of July it is rainy weather 'Twill rain more...
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American Bee Journal, Volumes 2-3

1867 - 378 pages
...cold winter is not injurious to bees, provided they are sufficiently prepared for withstanding it. A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon ; But a awarm in July Is scarcely worth a fly. As THE warm weather approaches do not forget to...
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