RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1861.02.20. [Bees re-used discarded vermilion wax.] CUL-DAR48.B45. 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. 20. 1861. Took Hive, which was a swarm last summer & therefore must have made its comb in 1860 & I find much of comb stained here & there with vermilion wax. Now I used this in year & subsequently sent, I think next year the refuse out of study & this must have been found by Bees on ground & used.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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