A Swarm of Bees in May
A Swarm of Bees
The Nursery Rhymes of England. James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. 1886.
The Little Mother Goose. Jessie Willcox Smith. 1912.
The Real Mother Goose. Blanche Fisher Wright. 1916.
Big Book of Nursery Rhymes. Edited by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. 1920.
The following is quoted in Miege's "Great French Dictionary," fol. Lond. 1687, 2d part.
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.
Tags - Proverb - Animal - Invertebrate - Insect - Bee - Hay - Silver - Spoon -
Origin - Europe - British Isles -