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THE
NATURAL HISTORY
OF
PLINY.

TRANSLATED,

WITH COPIOUS NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

BY THE LATE

JOHN BOSTOCK, M.D., F.R.S.,

AND

H. T. RILEY, Esq., B.A.,
LATE SCHOLAR OF CLARE HALL, CAMBRIDGE.

VOL. III.

LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
MDCCCLV.


CONTENTS.

OF THE THIRD VOLUME.


BOOK XI.
THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS.
Chap. Page
1.

The extreme smallness of insects

1
2.

Whether insects respire, and whether they have blood

3
3.

The bodies of insects

4
4.

Bees

5
5.

The order displayed in the works of bees

ib.
6.

The meaning of the terms commosis, pissoceros, and propolis

6
7.

The meaning of erithace, sandaraca, or cerinthos

7
8.

What flowers are used by the bees in their work

ib.
9.

Persons who have made bees their study

8
10.

The mode in which bees work

ib.
11.

Drones

10
12.

The qualities of honey

...

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