The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 (of 6)

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1. 1THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PLINY.
2. 2CONTENTS. OF THE THIRD VOLUME.
3. 3GREEK AND ROMAN MONEY, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES MENTIONED BY PLINY.
4. 4BOOK XI. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS.
5. 5CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE EXTREME SMALLNESS OF INSECTS.
6. 6CHAP. 2. (3.)—WHETHER INSECTS RESPIRE, AND WHETHER THEY HAVE BLOOD.
7. 7CHAP. 3. (4.)—THE BODIES OF INSECTS.
8. 8CHAP. 4. (5.)—BEES.
9. 9CHAP. 5. (6.)—THE ORDER DISPLAYED IN THE WORKS OF BEES.
10. 10CHAP. 6. (5.)—THE MEANING OF THE TERMS COMMOSIS, PISSOCEROS, AND PROPOLIS.
11. 11CHAP. 7.—THE MEANING OF ERITHACE, SANDARACA, OR CERINTHOS.
12. 12CHAP. 8. (8.)—WHAT FLOWERS ARE USED BY THE BEES IN THEIR WORK.
13. 13CHAP. 9. (9.)—PERSONS WHO HAVE MADE BEES THEIR STUDY.
14. 14CHAP. 10. (10.)—THE MODE IN WHICH BEES WORK.
15. 15CHAP. 11.—DRONES.
16. 16CHAP. 12.—THE QUALITIES OF HONEY.
17. 17CHAP. 13. (13.)—WHERE THE BEST HONEY IS PRODUCED.
18. 18CHAP. 14. (14.)—THE KINDS OF HONEY PECULIAR TO VARIOUS PLACES.

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