 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
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1870 - 312 pages
...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- Triumphant over Trial. " IN one place... | |
 | John George Wood - 1870 - 396 pages
...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 has thriven well, and this year... | |
 | Walter Keating Kelly - 1861 - 256 pages
...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... | |
 | James Colville - 1872 - 128 pages
...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. tid-ings voice The Cuc-koo is a pret-ty... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1874 - 104 pages
...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 do who are left in the hive ? They... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1874 - 588 pages
...like a garden full of weeds; For when the weeds begin to grow, Then doth the garden overflow. CVI. 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. CVII. A PULLET in the pen Is worth a hundred in... | |
 | Cornelius Brown (F. R. S. L.) - 1874 - 196 pages
...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 variations of the above current... | |
 | 1914 - 612 pages
...well-contested horse-race. With the old beekeepers, a May swarm was the summum bonum. This is the rhyme: 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 butterfly. Cottagers have been spinning yarns of April... | |
 | Lucy (fict.name.) - 1875 - 204 pages
...with the same letter; and then she sang a little song that had not much to do with the incident:— "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 just and kind, and being a good and clever... | |
 | John Mason (principal of the acad, Clerkenwell close.) - 1875 - 106 pages
...for the coming winter. This was an early swarm, and will enrich the owner ; for the old adage says, " 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 of bees in July, Is not worth a fly." As insects, they are very curious and instructive.... | |
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