To T. W. Woodbury 7 December [1862]
Summary
Cannot aid TWW with respect to bees from East Indies. Suggests he write to Edward Blyth.
Thanks him for getting query on variation in bees circulated in Germany.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas White Woodbury |
Date: | 7 Dec [1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 148: 374 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3849 |
To [Thomas White Woodbury] 15 March [1863]
Summary
TWW should look at bee and comb specimens received by CD from Africa.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas White Woodbury |
Date: | 15 Mar [1863] |
Classmark: | B. Altman & Co. (New York Times, 12 October 1975, p. 39) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4042 |
To T. W. Woodbury [after 17 March 1863]
Summary
Thanks for the artificial comb.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas White Woodbury |
Date: | [after 17 Mar 1863] |
Classmark: | International Bee Research Association, Eva Crane Library |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4050 |
From Thomas White Woodbury [9–22 October 1861]
Summary
Fancies articles on "The queen bee" and "Drone influence" [J. Hortic. 8 October 1861, p. 39] may be of interest. Since writing the latter, one of his drones hybridised a queen at a distance of a mile and a half.
Author: | Thomas White Woodbury |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [9–22 Oct 1861] |
Classmark: | Pinned to CD’s unbound copy of Journal of Horticulture, 8 October 1861, p. 38 (Darwin Library–CUL) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3280F |
From Thomas White Woodbury 9 August 1862
Summary
Breeding cells of Ligurian bee are larger than those of common bee. Thanks CD for comb.
Author: | Thomas White Woodbury |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 9 Aug 1862 |
Classmark: | DAR 181 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3686 |
From T. W. Woodbury 17 March 1863
Summary
Bee species of different sizes build cells the same size.
Author: | Thomas White Woodbury |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Mar 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 150 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4049 |
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