Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 147
w justabout where our bee-tree is, for I have been lookingout for it during all the week ; so we can managethe whole business this afternoon. Usually, hesaid, turning to Arthur, we hunt our bee-treeand mark it one day. and go out for the bees andhoney another. Marking a tree with my initialsmakes… … MOSE TAKING THE CROSS-LINE. counted for much hereabout; besides, the beesalways go into hollow trees, which are of very littlevalue. In old times bees were hunted very differentlyfrom our modern methods. The bees were sacri-ficed for the honey : the goose that laid the goldenegg was slain.…
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