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  What it means

  If bees leave the hive early in spring, it foretells a late frost in May. A folk weather proverb warning that an early warm spell can be deceptive.

  Vocabulary

  • pszczółka — little bee
  • ul — beehive
  • wylatywać — to fly out
  • mróz — frost
  • zwiastować — to foretell, to herald

  Grammar note

  'Wylatują' is third person plural present tense. 'Zwiastują' follows the same pattern.

  Cultural context

  One of many Polish folk proverbs linking animal behaviour to weather prediction.

  Intermediate

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