To J. B. Innes 15 September 1881
Summary
CD interested in JBI’s observations of behaviour of bees. Finds his criticism about hexagonal cells made by queen wasps a good one. Cannot remember how he got out of the difficulty.
His book on worms to be published soon.
E. A. Darwin has died after short illness.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
| Date: | 15 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13339 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Archon Books, Shoe String Press. Lubbock, John. 1874–7. Observations on the habits of …
- … 1874, 4 November 1875, and 1 February 1877. ] Journal of the Linnean Society of London ( Zoology ) 12 (1876): 110–39, 227–51, 445–514; 13 (1878): 217–58. Lubbock, John. …
- … John Lubbock , CD’s neighbour, had published articles on the intelligence of bees and wasps in the 1870s, and in 1888 he published The senses, instincts, and intelligence of animals, with special reference to insects ( Lubbock 1874– …
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| letter | (1) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Addressee
| Innes, J. B. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Innes, J. B. | (1) |
