RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1843.05.15. Sir J Lubbocks gardener told me. CUL-DAR46.2.C25. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2022. RN1
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May 15 /43/
Sir J. Lubbocks gardener told me he had often seen Humble Bees biting holes in spur of Tropæolum tricolor, which so abounds with honey & which plant in Zoological Gardens & at other places.— I have so wondered that Bees did not attack.
Do they learn it by chance or after a season.
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Different Hives different Habits—
Lobelia—
tricolors (Biting)
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