 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.  Once a Week - Page 422edited by - 1860Full view - About this book
 | 1868 - 624 pages
...James's day is past and gone, There may be hops, or there may be none ?' Or what bee-master, that ' A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay, But a swarm in July is not worth a fly ?' Or what epicure would act in contravention of the adage that'... | |
 | Iowa State Horticultural Society - 1928 - 418 pages
...he made over some old rhyme to fit the western conditions. "A swarm 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, isn't worth a fly." This old couplet he changed to read as follows:... | |
 | Anonymous - 1868 - 602 pages
...James's day is past and gone, There may be hops, or there may be none 'I ' Or what bee-master,' that ' A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay, But a swarm in July is not worth a fly ?' Or what epicure would act in .contravention of the adage... | |
 | 1868 - 600 pages
...James's day is past and gone, There may be hops, or there may be none ? ' Or what bee-master, that ' A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay, But a swarm in July is not worth a fly ? ' Or what epicure would act in contravention of the adage... | |
 | 1868 - 202 pages
...forth their tiibes, and the bees begin to swarm and rally round their queen. There is an old sayiug, ' A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay/ which means, that ttie sooner bfes swarm, the sooner and the better will be their honey. 74 THE CHILDREN'S... | |
 | 1869 - 254 pages
...Tommy Snooks to Bessy Brooks, " To-morrow will be Monday." A sunshiny shower Won't last half an hour. 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. At Dover Dwells George Brown Esquire,16 Good Christopher... | |
 | Old nursery songs - 1869 - 348 pages
...hopp'd she, Twice so merrily hopp'd she, Thrice so merrily hopp'd she, Heigh 0 ! heigh 0 ! heigh 0 ! SWARM of Bees in May Is worth a load of hay ; A swarm of bees in Jnne Is worth a silver spoon ; A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly. SI was going to sell my... | |
 | Walter Keating Kelly - 1869 - 252 pages
...any other month of the year: it is an " unlucky month." The proverb is recorded by Washington Irving. A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay, A swarm in June is worth a silver spoon. But a swarm in July is not worth a fly. A shower in July, when the... | |
 | St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) - 1881 - 352 pages
...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 pages
...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— Triumphant over Trial. "IN one place... | |
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