To Gardeners’ Chronicle [16 August 1841]
Summary
Reports detailed observations on humble-bees boring holes in flowers to extract nectar instead of brushing over the stamens and pistils. Some hive-bees seem to use the holes made by the humble-bees; speculates that this would be a case of acquired knowledge in insects.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gardeners’ Chronicle |
| Date: | [16 Aug 1841] |
| Classmark: | Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette no. 34, 21 August 1841, p. 550 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-607 |
Document type
| letter | (1) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Gardeners’ Chronicle | (1) |
