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School: Naomh Muire, Droichead Átha (roll number 8052)

Location:
Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernard Mc Cabe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 283

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    they will never be loved if they are ever so fair.
    If one should have the luck to catch the queen bee while swarming and put them into a hive they will make their home there.
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    "God made the bees
    And the bees made honey
    God made man
    And man made money
    The bees are very simple insects yet they are great worker's only for the bees we would not have any honey. Honey is very good for a sore throat and people use it as a food. The cells of the bees are made of wax there is six sided. The cell in which the queen is is a much larger cell than that of the workers. Should a strange queen enter the hive there would be a battle untill one of them was destroyed. At the swarming time the old queen is sadly put
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Cluskey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Duleek Street, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mary Clare
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Millmount Square, Co. Louth