CHAP. 42.—THE MALADIES OF BEES, AND THE REMEDIES FOR
THEM.
The greatest care, too, should be taken to keep the cornel [Note]
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 [Note] wine. It is a
very good plan, too, to plant broom about the hives, the bees
being extremely fond of the blossoms.
