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  3. You don’t find many people these days who would keep a bee in their purse. But catching the first bee seen in the spring was onc

You don’t find many people these days who would keep a bee in their purse. But catching the first bee seen in the spring was onc

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问题     You don’t find many people these days who would keep a bee in their purse. But catching the first bee seen in the spring was once 【B1】______ the height of good luck, and if you kept it in your purse, you were certain never to be short of money. Probably because you would be too afraid to 【B2】______ it! This is just one of the many superstitions surrounding bees.
    Next time a bee flies in through your window, expect a visitor very shortly. Take a closer look at the bee: if it has a 【B3】______ tail, your visitor will be a man, a white tail means a woman. If the bee happens to be buzzing at the living-room window, make sure there’s an 【B4】______ supply of food-your visitor is 【B5】______ intending to stay a while. 【B6】______ you do, don’t drive the bee out of the house. That would bring 【B7】______ bad luck.
    And were you 【B8】______ hat bees dislike bad behavior? 【B9】______ . A hive or two would provide some honey in the summer months and it wasn’t unusual to have a few hives in the back garden. You would never consider owning a hive of bees if your family was quarrelsome. 【B10】______ .
    Bad languages should never be used near beehives as it disturbs the bees, affecting their honey-making. Bees, it seems, are paragons of virtue. And make sure you have had a bath if you are going to collect honey from a hive. Bees are fussy about cleanliness. 【B11】______ . Bees also have mixed feelings where water is concerned because tradition has it that if you move a hive of bees, they must never be taken across a stream or river because they will all die.
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答案Years ago, bee-keeping was much more common
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