Schnurrdiburr or The Bees

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Schnurrdiburr or The Bees is a picture story published in 1872 by the humorous poet and draftsman Wilhelm Busch . It is one of the few picture stories in Busch's work in which flogging or other atrocities are largely absent. It is predominantly benign, even if Hans Dralle's pig is stung by the bees in such a way that it swells; the boy Eugene is also stung, the flower lovers crocus and auricle are pressed in a book by Heine. Otherwise, the story has an unfamiliar happy ending for Wilhelm Busch.

The bees are humanized in this picture story. Wilhelm Busch, who spent part of his childhood with his uncle, Pastor Georg Kleine, who was also an experienced beekeeper , has incorporated numerous relevant natural history facts into this picture story. The division of labor in the beehive, the rearing and feeding of the brood, the swarming of the bees and the fight against enemies of the beehive are well shown. The drones alone are inert:

And only the old drones
Voracious, fat and lazy and stupid,
Who live in the house for free,
Still lounging around in bed.
Hum! an old grumbler grumbles
What, Dunner! Is it that late already !?

The beekeeper is a honey thief and bee killer here.

supporting documents

literature

  • Michaela Diers: Wilhelm Busch, life and work . dtv 2008, ISBN 978-3-423-34452-4
  • Joseph Kraus: Wilhelm Busch . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1970 (16th edition 9/2004), ISBN 3-499-50163-5
  • Gudrun Schury: I wish I were an Eskimo. The life of Wilhelm Busch. Biography . Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-351-02653-0
  • Gert Ueding : Wilhelm Busch. The 19th century in miniature . Insel, Frankfurt / M. 1977 (new edition 2007).
  • Eva Weissweiler: Wilhelm Busch. The laughing pessimist. A biography . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-462-03930-6

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Single receipts

  1. ↑ Schury, p. 60