Ancient Latin Writers on Agriculture, Vol. II: Columella

XVI. On fishponds and raising fish.
XVII. On the placement of the fishpond.

BOOK X.

I. On creating game parks, and enclosing wild livestock.
II. On bees.
III. How many types of bees there are, and which of them is the best.
IV. What pastures, and what location of pastures, there should be for bees.
V. On choosing the seats locations for the bees.
VI. On testing the vessels for hives.
VII. How the hives should be positioned.
VIII. On acquiring bees, and how wild swarms are captured.
IX. How local swarms are to be observed and housed in hives.
X. What the form of the king of the bees is.
XI. How a scarcity of bees may be remedied.
XII. On housing a swarm, and preventing its flight.
XIII. Remedies for bees suffering from disease.
XIV. What bees do at each time, and what their caretaker should do.
XV. On making honey, and when the hives should be harvested literally: "castrated," referring to the removal of honeycombs.
XVI. On making wax.

BOOK XI.

BOOK XII.

I. What duties should be performed within the farmhouse by the person in charge of farm management.
II. What should be done in each month, adapting the work to the seasons.
III. Prose on the cultivation of gardens, and garden herbs.