The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (32 page)

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Where BEES are, there is honey
1616
Adages
77
Where Bees are, there is honie.
1670
English Proverbs
60
Where Bees are, there is honey. Where there are industrious persons, there is wealth, for the hand of the diligent maketh rich. This we see verified in our neighbours the Hollanders.
1748
Word in Season
6
Take away the
Bees
, and .. you shall have no
Honey
in the Hive,.. but there always
will be Honey where there are Bees
.
1931
Cape Cod Mystery
ix.
It'd look .. like they was something afoot, bein' as how there's bees where's honey.
associates
;
diligence
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