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augustus, apiarist?

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Hello all, This is my first post. I am a bee-keeper in Canada with an interest in history and ancient source material.

 

I am wondering if someone could direct me to any primary or secondary source discussing Augustus as a bee-keeper.

 

Thanking you in advance.

 

B.C.

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Although I found a website claiming that an apiarist/ beekeeper had told August how to live to a ripe old age there is no cited reference for this assertion.

 

From a quick search I'm not sure where there would be a reference to Augustus being an apiarist himself.

 

I can think of a couple of possiblities:

 

The fourth book of Virgils Georgics apparently mentions beekeeping or alternatively;

 

Pliny the Elder makes several mentions of beekeeping and the propoerties of honey so IF Augusuts was an apiarist there may have made passing mention of this but there is a lot of Pliny's Natural History to browse through to find a suitable reference.

 

Anyone got any other suggestions or know for certain if there is such a reference anywhere?

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