Old Beek Lore

[IndiBee]

Anyone got snippets of old lore?
My favorite is:

‘A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly'
1879 R. JEFFERIES Wild Life in Southern County vii.

As true today as it ever was

 

[B+.]

Anyone got snippets of old lore?

"Ask 5 beekeepers the same question and you'll get 6 completely different answers"

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Red sky at night, shepherd's delight
Red sky in the morning - Swansea's burning

My grandfather, Arthur Jenkins, station sub officer Aman division Auxiliary Fire Service, February 1941

 

[Erichalfbee]

Anyone got snippets of old lore?
My favorite is:

‘A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly'
1879 R. JEFFERIES Wild Life in Southern County vii.

As true today as it ever was

Do you have any from where you are in France or are you still in Wales?
Emyr has the Welsh one already

 

[pargyle]

Ear all, see all, say nowt;
Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt;
And if ivver tha does owt fer nowt – Allus do it fer thissen ...

Tha can allus tell a Yorkshireman - but tha can't tell im much.

 

[Apiarisnt]

"Ask 5 beekeepers the same question and you'll get 6 completely different answers"

No, that should be seven different answers, not six...

 

[Erichalfbee]

I was raised in Hertfordshire and the saying is that Londoners labelled us Hertfordshire Hedgehogs because we made for prickly neighbours.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Shook Swarm is never the answer - let alone the solution.

 

[Newbeeneil]

No, that should be seven different answers, not six...

No 8

 

[B+.]

No 8

I think we can agree that if there are n beekeepers, the number of responses x is >n

 

[Apiarisnt]

I think we can agree that if there are n beekeepers, the number of responses x is >n

Not necessarily...

 

[Apiarisnt]

Not necessarily...

 

[gmonag]

Evrywun int world is barmy 'cept me and thee, an i'm not so sure about thee

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

It's not cold that kills bees - nor damp.
It's beekeepers

 

[Nige.Coll]

If you go looking for problems in a hive you'll be sure to find some.

(can't) (won't )
If you canner keep bees in a box you wunner put honey in a jar.

I remember someone going on about queen rearing years ago, doing the usual making it out be be really complicated. One of the old guys piped up with "the easiest way of raising queens is drop the brood box on yer old un". Deflated the guys chest somewhat. lol.

Sadly the old boys that I used to know that spoke in riddles have all died, if you didn't have the knowledge to work the riddle out you were left with a blank expression scratching your head and them guys laughing.

 

[Codford]

The answer to any beekeeping question must be prefaced by the phrase “it depends...”. There can be no exceptions - it’s the Law.

 

[mbc]

Don't move bees off a flow

 

[gmonag]

Bees don't read the text books

 

[Murox]

New-age woke beekeepers have alternative facts to use, proven to work well, and is therefore recommended...................

 

[Erichalfbee]

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