LIBER XI · CAPUT 9
PERSONS WHO HAVE MADE BEES THEIR STUDY
Latine · Mayhoff 1906
ne quis miretur amore earum captos Aristomachum Solensem duodesexaginta annis nihil aliud egisse, Philiscum vero Thasium in desertis apes colentem Agrium cognominatum, qui ambo scripsere de iis.
English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57
It is not surprising that there have been persons who have made bees their exclusive study; Aristomachus of Soli, for instance, who for a period of fifty-eight years did nothing else; Philiscus of Thasos, also, surnamed Agrius, who passed his life in desert spots, tending swarms of bees. Both of these have written works on this subject.