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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1862.09.25-26. To show industry of Bees. CUL-DAR46.2.C43. 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

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-DAR46.2 contains Notes for Natural selection.

"Bournemouth, Hampshire. 1862 Sept. 1-27 CD on family holiday after visit to William at Southampton. 'Came to Bournemouth' ED's diary, 1 Sept. 1862." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021)

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Bournemouth: Sept. 25- 62. To show industry of Bees; anyone might think Bees would not visit all the innumerable flowers of beets on large common; yet in case of Erica tetralix, which is commonly scattered over I found every single head & looked at many hundred on various parts of the Heath, had the upper part of corolla bitten, with

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Humble-Bees sucking; yet about a fortnight I watched the same beds & saw Bees sucking at mouth. Now nearly all common Heath & Calluna out of flower, so Bees processed for Honey.— It was a strange sight to see all bitten & so in Clover Field.—

Sept 26th I went to another common & fd. every flower bored & Hive-Bees sucking through Holes.— All this wonderful work done within fortnight

(Dichogamy)

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)