Time Of Bee Swarming
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BIRDS AND BEASTS.
The month in which bees swarm is considered of the greatest importance,
and undoubtedly it is so, for the sooner they swarm, the longer their
summer, and therefore the greater the quantity of honey which they will
accumulate. A late swarm cannot gather honey from every opening flower,
because the flower season will have partly passed away before they leave
their old home.
This faith has found expression in the following lines:--
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.
These words are often uttered by cottagers when a swarm takes place in
the respective months named in the lines. It is really very seldom that
a swarm takes place in our days in May, and many a swarm takes place in
July which is of more value than a fly, But however, be this as it may,
the rhyme expresses the belief of many people.