The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1862?]. [On Humble-bees and hive-bees]. CUL-DAR49.149. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 4.2021. RN2

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-DAR49 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 3 on 'On...organic beings occasionally crossing' or dichogamy.

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Aug 29th Southampton: found field with Red Clover, which seemed to have been cut repeatedly.

Saw only few Humble-bees, & many Hive-bees sucking at mouth of flower!! & taken at base of clover, but these were not bitten!!!

[in margin:] William saw Humble Bees calling [Holer]

Aug 30 In another field saw Hive-bees sucking very many of [the] closer have well-developed Heads. I watched certain Bees visit many flowers, as many as a dozen flowers & not suck much; but search at base of corolla I gathered 5 of these flowers, on which stopped some time & on all found Bitten →

Dichogamy

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