As swains with smoke, of honey studious, strive
From some rock's cleft the swarming bees to drive;
Alarm'd and trembling, with a murmuring sound,
They crowd to all their waxen rooms around;
Put if the fumes prevail, their wings they ply,
And rove uncertain thro' the various sky.

Lines 163–168 - Argonautica (3rd century BC) - Book II