Note 2 — THE APIARY; OR BEES, BEE-HIVES, & BEE CULTURE.
Reading edition
Dr. Evans,—who may be styled the poet-laureate of the bees,—lived at Shrewsbury, where he practiced as a physician. His poem on bees is written with great taste and careful elaboration, and it describes the habits of bees with a degree of accuracy only attainable after continuous scientific observation.