 It is quite certain he had never been bee-hunting. If he had we should have had a fifth Georgic. Yet he seems to have known that bees sometimes escaped to the woods: "Nor bees are lodged in hives alone, but found In chambers of their own beneath the ground:...  The Writings of John Burroughs - Σελίδα 76των John Burroughs - 1895Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | John Burroughs - 1887 - 204 σελίδες
...little fact and much fable in his fourth Georgic., If he had ever kept bees himself, or even visited aih apiary, it is hard to see how he could have believed...bee-hunting. If he had, we should have had a fifth Georgic. Yet he seems to have known that bees sometimes escaped to the woods : — " Nor bees are lodged... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1893 - 274 σελίδες
...through the whistling winds their steady Sight ; " or that when two colonies made war upon each othei they issued forth from their hives led by their kings...bee-hunting. If he had we should have had a fifth Georgic. Yet he seems to have known that bees sometimes escaped to the woods : — " Nor bees are lodged... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1892 - 272 σελίδες
...through the whistling winds their steady flight ; " W that when two colonies made war upon each othel they issued forth from their hives led by their kings...lie not thicker on the plain, Nor shaken oaks such show'ra of acorns rain." It is quite certain he had never been bee-hunting. If he had we should have... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1895 - 270 σελίδες
...great hindrance, but fresh and empty-handed they can face it with more ease. Virgil says hees hear gravel stones as ballast, but their only ballast is...such show'rs of acorns rain." It is quite certain lie had never been bee-hunting. If he had we should have had a fifth Georgic. Yet he seems to have... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1895 - 266 σελίδες
...sweeter, and will bear diluting. Hence old beehunters look for bee-trees along creeks and near spring runs in the woods. I once found a tree a long distance...bee-hunting. If he had we should have had a fifth Georgic. Yet he seems to have known that bees sometimes escaped to the woods : — " Nor bees are lodged... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1895 - 268 σελίδες
...salamander, as an enemy of the honey-bee. We have no lizard that destroys the bee; but our tree- toad, ambushed among the apple and cherry blossoms, snaps...bee-hunting. If he had we should have had a fifth Georgic. Yet he seems to have known that bees sometimes escaped to the woods : — " Nor bees are lodged... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 σελίδες
...This way and that he wrench'd the fibrous bands ; The trunk was like a sapling in his hands. DRYDEN. Hard hailstones lie not thicker on the plain, Nor shaken oaks such show'rs of acorns rain. DRYDEN. From veins of valleys milk and nectar broke, And honey sweating through the pores of oak. DRYDEN.... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1900 - 262 σελίδες
...than a child's knowledge of the honey-bee. There is little fact and much fable in his fourth Georgia. If he had ever kept bees himself, or even visited...bee-hunting. If he had we should have had a fifth Georgic. Yet he seems to have known that bees sometimes escaped to the woods : — "Nor bees are lodged... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1901 - 262 σελίδες
...salamander, as an enemy of the honey-bee. We have no lizard that destroys the bee; but our tree- toad, ambushed among the apple and cherry blossoms, snaps...bee-hunting. If he had we should have had a fifth Georgic. Yet he seems to have known that bees sometimes escaped to the woods : — " Nor bees are lodged... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1907 - 202 σελίδες
...how he could have believed that the bee in its flight abroad carried a gravel stone for ballast r " And as when empty barks on billows float, With sandy...bee-hunting. If he had, we should have had a fifth Georgic. Yet he seems to have known that bees sometimes escaped to the woods : — " Nor bees are lodged... | |
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