Of honey-dews that rest upon each petal's glossy side.
Where hast thou been since the bright morn first saw thee on thy way
'Mong scented brier and glittering heath that woo'd thy lingering stay?
Hast thou no voice to tell us of the far-off verdant scenes,
Of the rich limes thou lovs't so well, and of the fresh'ning streams.
Away! away! once more thou'rt up and e'er the leaf be still'd.
To its soft rest from the trembling that thy light form has thrill'd,
Thoul't be again among thy loves, the fragrant, the bright,
All jealous of their hidden sweets, in murmuring delight.
I have always found the advantage of planting, in the vicinity of my hives, a large quantity of the common kinds of crocus, single blue hipatica, heleborus niger, and tussilago petasites, all of which flower very early and are rich in honey and farina: salvia nemorosa, (of Dr. Smith) which flowers very early in June and lasts all the summer, is in an extraordinary manner sought after by the Bees, and when room is not an object, twenty or thirty square yards of it may be grown with advantage; origanum humile, origanum rubescens, (of Haworth) and mignonette may also be grown; cultivation beyond this, exclusively for Bees, I believe answers very little purpose. Cúscuta sinensis is a great favorite with them; and the pretty little plant anacampseros populifolium, when in flower, is literally covered by them—honey itself appears not to possess more attractions for them than this plant.