 | Basil Hall - 1824 - 492 էջ
...instead of the clumsy apparatus of wood, have a cylindrical hivte made of earthen-ware, and relieved with raised figures and circular rings, so as to form rather...some monster, the head of which is moulded in the tlay of the hive, a bee is constantly stationed, whose office is no sinecure, for the hole is so small,... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1824 - 470 էջ
...wooden ones in the villages are hung to the raves of the cottages. On one side of the hive, half way between the ends, there is a small hole, made just...stationed, whose office is no sinecure ; for the hole i» so small, that be has to draw back every time a bee wishes to enter or to leave the hive. A gentleman... | |
 | 1824 - 512 էջ
...wooden ones in the villages are hung to tineaves of the collages. On one side of the hire, half way between the ends, there is a small hole, made just...representing the mouth of a man, or some monster, the he.nd of which is moulded in the clay of the hire, a bee is constantly stationed, whose office ii no... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 1326 էջ
...projection, to prevent the rain from trickling in. In this hole, generally representing the mouth of « man or some monster, the head of which is moulded in the clay of the hive, a bee u constantly stationed." ( Traer/» «я Mexico.) S«CT. V. Gardening in South America. 1554. The gardening... | |
 | William Charles Cotton - 1842 - 434 էջ
...wooden ones in the villages are hung to the eaves of the cottages. On one side of the Hive, half way between the ends, there is a small hole made, just...whose office is no sinecure, for the hole is so small that he has to draw back every time a Bee wishes to enter or leave the Hive. A gentleman told me that... | |
 | James F. Robinson - 1880 - 268 էջ
...so as to form rather handsome ornaments in the verandah of a house, where they are suspended bycords from the roof, in the same manner that the wooden...whose office is no sinecure, for the hole is so small that he has to draw back every time a bee wishes to enter or leave the hive. A gentleman told me that... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1828 - 678 էջ
...the roof, in the same manner that the wooden ones in the village are hung to the eves of the cottage. On one side of the hive, half-way between the ends,...stationed, whose office is no sinecure, for the hole in so small he has to draw back every time a bee wishes to enter or leave the hive. A gentleman told... | |
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... relieved by raised figures and circular rings, so as to form rather handsome ornaments in the verandah of a house, where they are suspended by cords from the roof, in the same manner that the wooden ones in the villages are hung to the eaves of the... 