RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1858.02.20. F Smith says there are plenty of small spring Bees in N Zealand. CUL-DAR49.49. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. 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-DAR49 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 3 on 'On...organic beings occasionally crossing' or dichogamy.
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Feb. 26 / 58 F. Smith says there are plenty of small Spring Bees in N. Zealand, Andrenidæ, but he has never seen them on Leguminosæ. He has seen black Anthophora on Beans: this genus not known in N.Z. but occurs in Australia - is not Bombus, but has long tongue & comes near it. Bombus not in N. Zealand or Australia. I remember some Bees on Kidney Beans very like Hive Bees, but thicker.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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