You must knock a long while against an alder-bush before you get a swarm of bees out of it.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Man skal længe hugge paa en Elletrunte, för man faaer en Bisværm deraf.

You must knock a long while against an alder-bush before you get a swarm of bees out of it.

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