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A tale of two bees
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Darwinian evolution theory fundamentally changed the way we understand the environment and even led to the coining of the word 'ecology'. Darwin was fascinated by bees: he devised experiments to study the comb-building technique of honey bees and…
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- … and west to south Wales (see ‘ Bombus hypnorum (Hymenoptera: Apidae), a new British bumblebee?’ …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … and other plants and the fertilisation of figs by Hymenoptera, 9 January 1881 CD's …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … Edward. 1837. Essay on the indigenous fossorial Hymenoptera . London. [Darwin Library.] 119 …
- … 12a Smith, Frederick. 1855. Catalogue of British Hymenoptera in the British Museum . …
- … 18 ——. 1858. Catalogue of British fossorial Hymenoptera, Formicidæ, and Vespidæ, in …
Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
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- … on mimetic butterflies, Lubbock’s observations of diving Hymenoptera and insect metamorphosis, …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … that there should be no nocturnal nectar-drinking Diptera or Hymenoptera. Has anyone investigated …
