 | Lucy (fict.name.) - 1875 - 204 Seiten
...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...spoon; A swarm of Bees in July, Is not worth a fly." and just and kind, and being a good and clever girl, who had paid attention when she was young, she... | |
 | John Mason (principal of the acad, Clerkenwell close.) - 1875 - 106 Seiten
...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.... | |
 | 1875 - 588 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton- Dyer - 1878 - 344 Seiten
...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...silver spoon ; A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a butterfly." Tusser, in his ' Five Hundred Points of Husbandry,' under the month of May, says : —... | |
 | Tom Hood - 1879 - 454 Seiten
...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...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 year, and that there will be more... | |
 | Pleasures - 1879 - 114 Seiten
...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...Is worth a silver spoon ; A swarm of bees in July Isn't worth a fly." Thunder retards the swarming of bees. They are loath to swarm in wet or windy weather.... | |
 | 1879 - 384 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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...spoon : A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly." Ray, p. 45, omits the third and fourth lines. is baid to allude to an Elizabethan militia-officer,... | |
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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. 
