RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1860.03.05. It wd be worth while to measure Drone cells. CUL-DAR48.B43. 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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March 5 1860. It wd be worth while to measure Drone cells & see whether from angle to angle equals diameter of theoretical sphere in which ordinary cells are formed. How is increase effected by increase of distance above or of size & distance? Distance above would do & then nearly all or all of the work would be outside the spheres - Are drone cells when regular less [angular]?
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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