In the Transactions of the Society of Arts for 1789, Mr. John. Lane speaks of the fondness of bees for _leek blossoms_, and says that he raised leeks extensively for their use. "Your bees will rejoice," says Mr. Isaac, "when they see the neighbourhood variegated by the blossoms of _sunflowers, hollyhocks_ and _Spanish broom_, and even the _dandelion_, which embellishes the garden of the sluggard." Dr. Evans observed that bees not only collect farina from the numerous assemblage of anthers in the flower of the hollyhock, but a balsamic varnish also, (most likely propolis,) from the young blossom buds, and says he has seen a bee rest upon the same bud for ten minutes at least, moulding the balsam with its fore-feet and transferring it to the hinder legs. An elegant modern writer, speaking of the fondness of bees in general for the flowers of the hollyhock, observes that "it has been held a gross libel upon animals to say, that a man has made a beast of himself, when he has drunk to such excess as to lose his reason; but we might without injustice say, that he has made a humble-bee of himself, for those little debauchees are particularly prone to intoxication. Round the nectaries of hollyhocks, you may generally observe a set of determined topers quaffing as pertinaciously as if they belonged to Wilkes's club; and round about the flower, (to follow up the simile,) several of the bon-vivants will be found lying on the ground inebriated and insensible." I have frequently seen the ground beneath one of my pear-trees strewed over with hive-bees and wasps, in a similar state, after they had banqueted upon the rich juices of the fallen fruit. Mr. Kirby, in his _Monographia Apum Angliæ_, observes that the male humble-bees, when the thistles are in bloom, are often seen asleep or torpid upon its flowers, and sometimes acting as if intoxicated with the sweets they have been imbibing. _The holly, the privet, phillyrea, elder_ and _common bramble_, together with _sweet fennel, nasturtiums_ and _asparagus_, are also much frequented by the bees. They are likewise very partial to the yellow flowers of the _crowfoot_, as well as to the flowers of _the dead nettle_, especially the white. The blossoms of _the cucumber, gourd_ and _vegetable marrow_ also, yield a considerable quantity both of honey and farina, as do likewise those of the _white lily_. "Apes æstate serenâ Floribus insidunt variis, et Candida circum Lilia funduntur." +Virgil.+ Dr. Evans speaks of the _Cacalia_ or _Alpine coltsfoot_ as affording a great quantity of honey, the scent of which is often diffused to a considerable distance; and Dr. Darwin, in a note to his "Botanic Garden," mentions having counted on one of those plants, besides bees of various kinds, upwards of two hundred painted butterflies, which gave it the appearance of being loaded with additional flowers.