1595 or 1596,William Shakespeare, ''The fox, the ape, and the humble-bee,Were still at odds, being but three.''
1800's,Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Humblebee''Burly, dozing humblebee,Where thou art is clime for me.''
1859,Charles Darwin, Hence I have very little doubt, that if the whole genus of humble-bees became extinct or very rare in England, the heartsease and red clover would become very rare, or wholly disappear.
