Try William Safire at The New York Times. Jim Shaver On Wed, 2 Jul 1997 19:02:06 +0000 "Malcolm Tom Sanford, Extension Apiculturist" <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Sorry, I can't help you on this. Am sending it out to another >list on bees to see if there is any help there. > >Tom Sanford > >At 04:28 PM 7/1/97 -0700, you wrote: >>Hello! >> >>I'm a reference librarian at a university in Texas. I have had a >>question from a patron, couldn't answer with standard ref. sources, >>threw it out to the incredible WWW listserv "Stumpers" which is a >>collaboration of librarians across the world and they have suggested >>that this mysterious word is bee-related. >> >>I am trying to find the meaning of the word: >> >>apisling >> >>A patron's family is described in a 1870 Georgia (USA) census as >>'apislings on a farm'. >> >>I've used the Oxford English Dictionary plus several other general >>English language dictionaries with no luck. Is this word in fact >>in the vocabulary of beekeepers? >> >>thanks so much for any hints! >> >>Pam Spooner (whose flower garden is nicely full of bees!) >>Wildenthal Memorial Library >>Sul Ross State University, Alpine >> >