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  • Inside the honey house, I sketched all the honey-making equipment, trying to get a handle on how they worked.

    An Interview with Sue Monk Kidd 2010

  • Taiwan's bee farmers are feeling the sting of lost business and possible crop danger after millions of the honey-making, plant-pollinating insects vanished during volatile weather, media and experts said on Thursday.

    Posthuman Blues Mac 2007

  • No longer satisfied with mere honey-making and flower-pollinating, it appears that bees are moving into some high-concept endeavors.

    The Speculist: November 2005 Archives 2005

  • No longer satisfied with mere honey-making and flower-pollinating, it appears that bees are moving into some high-concept endeavors.

    The Speculist: Better All The Time #24 2005

  • Russ moved his camera closer and got a fine view of the swarm of honey-making insects as they alighted on the low branch of an apple tree.

    The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm or, Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays Laura Lee Hope

  • Shortly after the bees had arrived at the farm, Bob had purchased ten new sectional hives and a supply of ready-made combs to aid them in rapid honey-making.

    Hidden Treasure John Thomas Simpson

  • "I'll do that to-night," said Bob, "because we can't afford to lose any bees, they're too valuable this time of the year, just when the honey-making season's opening."

    Hidden Treasure John Thomas Simpson

  • There the honey-making swarms of bees are nowhere to be found on account of the exceeding great cold.

    The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes

  • I was gazing down upon the tiny patches of light green and a few solitary cottages, resembling a little beehive, and one could imagine the metaphorical wax-laying and honey-making of the inhabitants.

    Across China on Foot Edwin John Dingle 1926

  • One day while meditating upon the Word, a swarm of God's Be's rushed through my mind and into my heart, and oh, such sweet humming, singing, and honey-making.

    Twice Sold, Twice Ransomed Autobiography of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Ray 1924

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