RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Waterhouse has never heard of nocturnal Bees. CUL-DAR205.5.56. 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-DAR205.5 contains notes on the principle of divergence, transitional organs and instincts.
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Waterhouse has never heard of nocturnal Bees. —where is analogy here.— Says moths flit round flowers like Bees— doubts whether they ever carry pollen.— I have see Humming Bird Sph with proboscis yellow with pollen of Verbena
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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