| 单词 | skep |
| 例句 | He embarks on a series of forays into past worlds: cutting hay, building a drystone wall, making a skep for beekeeping. Before Glitter and Glue Sticks, ‘Craeft’ 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z It looks like a vintage bee skep made of wood for Godzilla-sized bees, but the experience inside is completely surprising. Take a pretty stroll through the many plant offerings at the Bellevue Botanical Garden 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z His mother, Agnes, is drawn most finely, out in the meadows checking her bee skeps, woven of hemp. Review: Shakespeare's son died of plague, inspiring "Hamlet" — and a new novel about grief 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z By the Middle Ages, bee-keepers were using skep hives - they're the classic woven beehives that look like a tapering stack of straw tyres. What can bees teach economists? 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z In medieval and pre-modern Europe hives were often kept in boles, or wall recesses that housed wicker and mud skeps that served as the hive. Honey, I love you: our 40,000-year relationship with the humble bee 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Not far from it was a great bed of lavender and thyme, a special gift to the honeybees, who lived in the pretty antique straw skeps near it. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z Leaving the pigeon-house, he conducted us to a place where there were several skeps of bees, round which multitudes of the busy insects were hovering, filling the air with their music. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Naturally — as naturally as the bees leave the skep when smoked out — death threatens to break the bond between father and mother, husband and wife. Review: Shakespeare's son died of plague, inspiring "Hamlet" — and a new novel about grief 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z "Oh, just ordinary skeps, like ours in this country." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 Along with clay and basket skeps, cultures all over the world utilised natural vessels for hives. Honey, I love you: our 40,000-year relationship with the humble bee 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z The old dome-shaped straw skep is still in general use among the cottagers of Great Britain. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The humble bee No skep has he, No twisted, straw-thatched dome, A ferny crest Provides his nest, The mowing-grass his home. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, May 20, 1914 With these preliminaries finished, he proceeds to cast out the locks, according to quality, into baskets or skeps provided for that purpose. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades With her arms about her white knees, her little head upraised, thoughts seemed to be going and coming from her like bees in and out of their straw skep. The Wind Bloweth The more ingenious, perhaps, are fashioning buckets or powdering tubs, or weaving skeps, baskets or snowshoes. The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth He says he shall go in the skep if your father does.” Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea They swarmed on his beard, and hung, Buzzing like fury: but he never blinked— Just wagged his head, swaying them, till they dropped, All of a bunch, into an upturned skep.... Krindlesyke That night, as luck wad have it, some thieves cam’ to steal the bees’ skeps, and in the hurry o’ tumbling them into a large grey plaid, they tumbled Jock in alang wi’ them. Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland I heard Jane give the man some orders about the glass in the windows and he spoke to her concerning the bee skeps and the dahlia bulbs being all right for winter. The Measure of a Man An apiary of a single skep in a roped-off enclosure was an illustration of unfamiliarity with bees. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People “If I tell him,” said Gwyn; and, an empty skep being hooked on just then, the engineer grinned as Gwyn went to it and bade the dog jump in. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea "Well, we've got to move them from the skep into the new hive tonight somehow," said my sister, "and you've got to help." The Brother of Daphne So aff they set, wi’ Jock and the skeps on their backs. Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland So saying, Andrew retreated, but often cast a parting glance upon the skeps, as he called the bee-hives. Rob Roy — Volume 01 When they had crunched up the last morsel they tore the skep in pieces, and for hours afterwards they were happily employed in licking themselves clean. Lady into Fox Then, obeying a sudden impulse, he took his basket, and placed it beside the dog at the bottom of the iron skep. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea Or keep the new hive steady while we shake the bees out of the skep into it. The Brother of Daphne Homoeopathic attenuations Her experiments in homoeopathy had made her skep- tical as to material curative methods. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures Mr. Clare readily consented to spare his housekeeper, but the housekeeper was untoward, she was "busied in her housewife skep," and would not stir. Clever Woman of the Family One evening he went to a cottager who had a row of skeps, and bought one of them, just as it was after the man had smothered the bees. Lady into Fox “Now, then, lower away;” and as he spoke he stooped down quickly seized the dog by the collar, and swung him out of the skep. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea It seemed almost wicked to— All went well until Berry was on the point of lifting the skep. The Brother of Daphne Tom Dinass was there, too, in charge with the engineer of the skep, to ensure a safe descent. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea “Smells his master,” said Vores; and the dog then uttered a sharp bark as the top of the skep appeared with the link and iron bands attached to the wire rope. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea Another signal was sent up, and the wheel began to revolve, the wire rope tightened, and the empty skep descended. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea “I know,” said Joe, eagerly; “send him down in the skep.” Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea Berry's hand had been upon the skep and the jolt had aroused the bees. The Brother of Daphne He couldn’t have climbed down the ladders or got into the skep of his own accord, and, if he had, they wouldn’t have let him down. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea “Like us to send him down in the skep, sir?” said Dinass, grinning. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea He kept on bursting into loud fits of barking till the ascending skep appeared, when he bounded away among the men, barking, snarling and growling savagely, for the only occupant of the skep was Dinass. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea Familiarity had bred contempt; and fully aware that the noise was only the firing of a shot to dislodge some of the ore for shovelling into the iron skeps, they went on without a word. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea With all speed he applied the nozzle to the mouth of the skep. The Brother of Daphne “Quickly as you can,” shouted the Colonel, as the skep went down; but the engineer shook his head. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea Some more of the twenty-five thousand began to emerge from the skep, and a moment later I was stung in the lobe of the right ear. The Brother of Daphne |
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