RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1859.02.08. Wasps nest - do not build up wall of cell till. CUL-DAR48.B42. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2021. 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-DAR48 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 8 'Transitions of Organs'. Notes on bees' cells for origin of species theory.
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Feb 8/59/ Moor Park
Wasps nest - do not build up wall of cell till saucer made beginning to concave base of cell in question, or they appear to build up a little & that little is rounded - walls of External cells of old complete comb rounded & merest trace of angle, & these seemed always to occur when comb close to outer covering, so that Bees could stand & work on the covering - sometimes joining cells to it by their bits of walls. In this latter case hexagon perfect.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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