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Peter Loring Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 12 May 2016 07:42:48 -0400
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The term bee yard (or bee-yard, beeyard) doesn't originate in the US. Here is a pleasant reference:

East of the house they made within a sheltered nook
A garden of sweet herbs and druid plants; thereby
A bee-yard, rich in hives, where many a buzzing swarm, 
That made the island loud all day with summer sound,
Stored the sweet honey; and near, a mead-house with its vats.

Source:
Three Irish Bardic Tales 
J. M. Dent and Co.. 
Aldine House, Gt. Eastern Street, London, B.C. 
MDCCCXCVI

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