RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1866.03.30. I saw on successive days a curious brown Bee with rather long antennae. CUL-DAR108.77. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR108-111 contain material for Darwin's book Forms of flowers (1877).
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March 30th 1866 I saw on successive days a curious brown Bee with rather long antennæ, with forehead covered with pollen successively visiting many Primroses— & George formerly saw some odd small Bee doing so.— But never Bombus—
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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