. The lay of the land. Natural history. ~4^. iillS£S!^--'i*»^^^^^ Vii t^t ^i^n of t^t #§ab*6u0f The shad-bush is open! My bees have seen the sign. They are dropping down upon the alighting- boards of their hives and running with little bags of gold into the still half-closed entrances. During the sunny hours of the last three weeks there has been a quiet buzzing about the hives : the bees have been visiting the early alders, the soft maples, and the dusty-catkined willows; but not before to-day, the first day of the blowing shad-bush, have things been busy at the hives, — have they hummed. Off
. The lay of the land. Natural history. ~4^. iillS£S!^--'i*»^^^^^ Vii t^t ^i^n of t^t #§ab*6u0f The shad-bush is open! My bees have seen the sign. They are dropping down upon the alighting- boards of their hives and running with little bags of gold into the still half-closed entrances. During the sunny hours of the last three weeks there has been a quiet buzzing about the hives : the bees have been visiting the early alders, the soft maples, and the dusty-catkined willows; but not before to-day, the first day of the blowing shad-bush, have things been busy at the hives, — have they hummed. Off along the meadows I can see large patches of garnet against the purple of the sky, — the bloom of the red maples. As I approach, a soft murmur around and through the misty garnet fills the air, like the murmur of a million tiny tongues. Nearer 105. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sharp, Dallas Lore, 1870-1929. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company
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