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
| 1875 - 588 pages
...upon both sides of the fish show the claw-marks of his enemy. § Bees come next on the list, for — ' A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay, (Or a pound next day.) A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July Is... | |
| William Tegg - 1875 - 136 pages
...Maketh a fat church-yard. A May flood Was never good. Shear your sheep in May And clear 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. Be sure of hay Till the end of May. When April blows his horn... | |
| 1878 - 252 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... | |
| Thomas Firminger Thiselton- Dyer - 1878 - 344 pages
...colony. As to the time of their swarming, there are many rhymes, of which we give a specimen : — ' ' 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." Tusser, in his ' Five Hundred Points of... | |
| Tom Hood - 1879 - 454 pages
...have a roof to cover them, all the insects seem shy of coming out. There is an old rhyme that — " 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 only worth a fly." It strikes me there were no loads of hay this... | |
| Pleasures - 1879 - 114 pages
...till the green or broad beans are in blossom, which is seldom before the end of May. Remember — " 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 Isn't worth a fly." Thunder retards the swarming of bees. They are... | |
| 1879 - 384 pages
...MON him and magnify him forever. 6 7 TUES WED Shear your sheep in May and shear them all away. 8 THU A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay ; 9 FRI But a swarm in July is not worth a fly. 10 SAT ii Sun Fourth Sunday after Easter. 12 MON A... | |
| James F. Robinson - 1880 - 268 pages
...bees than feeble ones. All apiarians rejoice when they can secure early swarms. The old saw says: — A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay. You may reasonably hope for early swarms only when you keep strong stocks, not otherwise. We trust... | |
| Arthur Benoni Evans - 1881 - 344 pages
...ordinary modern version is ' Shake a Leicestershire man by the shoulders,' &c. Vide Bean-belly. 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." Ray, p. 45, omits the third and fourth lines.... | |
| Alexander Falconer Murison - 1881 - 96 pages
...health. It is far better to be strong than to be rich. SWARMS OF BEES. swarm (=sworm) worth (=ivurih). A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay. A swarm cf bees in June Is worth a silver spoon. WHITE SWANS AND BLACK. swan (=swbn) halt (=holt) watch (=wbch)... | |
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