RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of A Renfrewshire bee-keeper, Substitutes for pollen. CUL-DAR205.11.115. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. 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-DAR205.11 contains notes on Instinct, change in habit.
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Cottage Gardener April 17. 1860. p. 48. A contributor states that he find his Bees collect rye-flour, & other flour, when damped, instead of pollen. — "Pollen-gathering according to Gelieu is the weak point in their characters" Gelieu For this author observes (p 74) "Bees lay up useless hoards of it, which they go on augmenting every year, & this is the only point on which they can be accused of a want of that prudence & foresight so admirable in every other respect."—
Mistaken Instinct, & changed instinct in collecting flour.
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