RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Emma Darwin. n.d. Abstract of Huber, Observations on several species of the genus Apis, known by the name of Humble-bees, and called Bombinatrices by Linnæus. CUL-DAR205.10.47. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2023. 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 volume CUL-DAR205.10 contains notes on variation and varieties.
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Linn Trans Vol 6 P. 231 Huber on Humble bees says some are subject to different accidents, such as colours, which are not inherited: & some mutilated individuals whose wings never become developed; & some with ill formed trunks.—
[Quoted in Natural selection, (F1583) p. 514.
P. Huber, of Lausanne in Swisserland. 1802. Observations on several species of the genus Apis, known by the name of Humble-bees, and called Bombinatrices by Linnæus. Transactions of the Linnean Society 6: 214-98.]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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