The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6)

Chapter 299: CHAP. 42.—THE MALADIES OF BEES, AND THE REMEDIES FOR THEM.

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CHAP. 42.—THE MALADIES OF BEES, AND THE REMEDIES FOR THEM.

The greatest care, too, should be taken to keep the cornel 2106 at a distance from the hives; for if the bees once taste the blossoms of it, they will speedily die of flux and looseness. The best remedy in such case is to give them sorb apples beaten up with honey, or else human urine or that of oxen, or pomegranate seeds moistened with Aminean 2107 wine. It is a very good plan, too, to plant broom about the hives, the bees being extremely fond of the blossoms.