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... flowers for bees . cerintha .. .. 42. The maladies of bees , and the remedies for them 43. The food of bees 334 ib . 335 ib . 336 .. 337 339 The ib . 340 ib . CHAP . 44. Poisoned honey , and the remedies to xii CONTENTS .
... flowers for bees . cerintha .. .. 42. The maladies of bees , and the remedies for them 43. The food of bees 334 ib . 335 ib . 336 .. 337 339 The ib . 340 ib . CHAP . 44. Poisoned honey , and the remedies to xii CONTENTS .
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... honey .. .. 46. Honey that flies will not touch .. .. Page .. 341 342 343 .. 344 · 47. Beehives , and the attention which should be paid to them 48. That bees are sensible of hunger 49. The method of preparing wax . The best kinds of ...
... honey .. .. 46. Honey that flies will not touch .. .. Page .. 341 342 343 .. 344 · 47. Beehives , and the attention which should be paid to them 48. That bees are sensible of hunger 49. The method of preparing wax . The best kinds of ...
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... honey . CHAP . 28. - WHEN BAKERS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED At Rome . There were no bakers at Rome until 32 the war with King Perseus , more than five hundred and eighty years after the building of the City . The ancient Romans used to make ...
... honey . CHAP . 28. - WHEN BAKERS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED At Rome . There were no bakers at Rome until 32 the war with King Perseus , more than five hundred and eighty years after the building of the City . The ancient Romans used to make ...
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... honey as a remedy for diseases in the throat , 43 while the cultivated kind is a powerful narcotic . Thus much in reference to winter sowing . chap . 62. — work to be done in the country in each month respectively . And now , in order ...
... honey as a remedy for diseases in the throat , 43 while the cultivated kind is a powerful narcotic . Thus much in reference to winter sowing . chap . 62. — work to be done in the country in each month respectively . And now , in order ...
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... honey , this method having the effect of rendering them all the sweeter to the taste . The cucumber , while growing , may be trained to take any form that may be wished : in Italy the cucumbers are green " and very small , while those ...
... honey , this method having the effect of rendering them all the sweeter to the taste . The cucumber , while growing , may be trained to take any form that may be wished : in Italy the cucumbers are green " and very small , while those ...
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