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Sicily has always been rich in bees. The idyls of Theocritus are native to the island in this respect, and abound in bees "flat-nosed bees," as he calls them in the Seventh Idyl and comparisons in which comb-honey is the standard of the most delectable of this world's goods.
It might be said that, for the moment, he looked serious; but you could never tell from his face exactly what his emotions were. It was against his principles to be caught laughing, and yet his solemnity was somewhat radiant despite him. Suddenly he rose and went into the house. In a little while he reappeared carrying a milk-pan filled with comb-honey.
We will live on pickles and comb-honey, and feast like the Romans of old! We " He paused. "Say, Joel, I guess Cloud will be expelled, eh?" Joel considered thoughtfully with a spoonful of rice pudding midway between saucer and mouth. Then he swallowed the delicacy. "Yes," he replied, "and I'm awful glad of it."
At the first blow the bees set up a loud buzzing, but we have no mercy, and the side of the cavity is soon cut away and the interior with its white-yellow mass of comb-honey is exposed, and not a bee strikes a blow in defense of its all. This may seem singular, but it has nearly always been my experience.
So, with haversacks filled with grapes and peaches and apples and a bottle of milk, for we shall not be home to dinner, and armed with a compass, a hatchet, a pail, and a box with a piece of comb-honey neatly fitted into it any box the size of your hand with a lid will do nearly as well as the elaborate and ingenious contrivance of the regular bee-hunter we sally forth.
Sicily has always been rich in bees. The idyls of Theocritus are native to the island in this respect, and abound in bees "Flat-nosed bees" as he calls them in the Seventh Idyl and comparisons in which comb-honey is the standard of the most delectable of this world's goods.
What a pleasing secret it is; a tree with a heart of comb-honey, a decayed oak or maple with a bit of Sicily or Mount Hymettus stowed away in its trunk or branches; secret chambers where lies hidden the wealth of ten thousand little freebooters, great nuggets and wedges of precious ore gathered with risk and labor from every field and wood about.
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