The honey bee [by T. James].1852 |
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... half . Fortunately it lay there undiscovered , and on re- * We can hardly ask , much less expect , that hedge - side swards should be made broader , and corn - fields be left unweeded , and the ploughshare be stayed , for the sake of ...
... half . Fortunately it lay there undiscovered , and on re- * We can hardly ask , much less expect , that hedge - side swards should be made broader , and corn - fields be left unweeded , and the ploughshare be stayed , for the sake of ...
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... half that time . The pollen or farina of flowers is doubtless much more plentiful and accessible than the honey . The same writer observed bees on the Isle of May , at the entrance of the Frith of Forth , though there was no hive kept ...
... half that time . The pollen or farina of flowers is doubtless much more plentiful and accessible than the honey . The same writer observed bees on the Isle of May , at the entrance of the Frith of Forth , though there was no hive kept ...
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... half a bushel of rosemari , and a pek of bay - leaves . Seethe all these ( being well washed ) in a furnace of fair water ; let them boil the space of an hour or better , and then pour out all the water and herbs into a vat , and let it ...
... half a bushel of rosemari , and a pek of bay - leaves . Seethe all these ( being well washed ) in a furnace of fair water ; let them boil the space of an hour or better , and then pour out all the water and herbs into a vat , and let it ...
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... half so much harm to the Bees as the Bees . " And here again they too truly represent human nature . As riches increase , they set their hearts the more upon them . The stronger the stock is , the more likely are they to turn invaders ...
... half so much harm to the Bees as the Bees . " And here again they too truly represent human nature . As riches increase , they set their hearts the more upon them . The stronger the stock is , the more likely are they to turn invaders ...
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... half apart , run- ning parallel from the front to the back of the hive , and these , being fixed into a ring of wood that goes round the hive , are removable at pleasure . Now it is obvious that , could we always get the bees to hang ...
... half apart , run- ning parallel from the front to the back of the hive , and these , being fixed into a ring of wood that goes round the hive , are removable at pleasure . Now it is obvious that , could we always get the bees to hang ...
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Página 97 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil citizens kneading up the honey, The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate, The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum,...
Página 94 - Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed ? if you tickle us, do we not laugh ? if you poison us, do we not die ? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge ? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Página 7 - A bee amongst the flowers in spring, is one of the most cheerful objects that can be looked upon. Its life appears to be all enjoyment : so busy and so pleased...
Página 17 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild ; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his...
Página 84 - It is difficult to describe the bewilderment and confusion of the bees of the bankrupt hive who had been absent at the time of the catastrophe, and who arrived from time to time, with full cargoes from abroad. At first they wheeled about in the air, in the place where the fallen tree had once reared its head, astonished at finding it all a vacuum.
Página 82 - ... bee. We had not been long in the camp, when a party set out in quest of a bee-tree ; and being curious to witness the sport, I gladly accepted an invitation to accompany them. The party was headed by a veteran...
Página 83 - Even a loud crack which announced the disrupture of the trunk, failed to divert their attention from the intense pursuit of gain ; at length down came the tree with a tremendous crash, bursting open from end to end, and displaying all the hoarded treasures of the commonwealth. One of the hunters immediately ran up with a wisp of lighted hay as a defence against the bees.
Página 82 - ... and without a hat, straddled along at his heels, with a long rifle on his shoulder. To these succeeded half a dozen others, some with axes and some with rifles, for no one stirs far from the camp without his firearms, so as to be ready either for wild deer or wild Indian.
Página 83 - The latter, however, made no attack and sought no revenge ; they seemed stupefied by the catastrophe and unsuspicious of its cause, and remained crawling and buzzing about the ruins without offering us any molestation. Every one of the party now fell to, with spoon and hunting-knife, to scoop out the flakes of honey-comb with which the hollow trunk was stored.
Página 96 - Obedience : for so work the honey bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order * to a peopled kingdom : They have a king, and officers of sorts ; Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad...