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Bienen-Zeitung. 1876. Jun

p. 119. Dr. H. Muller [illeg] alone assigns good reason ( ) for his belief that all bees & many other Hymenopt have inherited from some nectar-sucking progenitor as tendency & greater skill in robbing flower — then thinks is possessed displayed by other insects, brought to the other orders.

p.182 *since my M.S. has been sent to press I find that quite recently (July 15 1876) H. M. has explained bees haunting the same flowers in almost exactly the same manner as I have done.

p. 183 Humble-bees stick less constantly to the same flower than do Hive-bees.

p. 183 Has seen the Honey-bee going for flower of Ranunculus, bulbosus & repens & Trifolium fragiferum & repens. — & from blue Hyacinth to blue violets!!

p. 184 Guided more by colour & size of flower than shape.

[Cross and self fertilisation, p. 415: "* See, on this subject H. Müller, 'Befruchtung' etc. page 427; and Sir J. Lubbock's 'British Wild Flowers' etc. page 20. Müller assigns ('Bienen Zeitung' June 1876 page 119) good reasons for his belief that bees and many other Hymenoptera have inherited from some early nectar-sucking progenitor greater skill in robbing flowers than that which is displayed by insects belonging to the other Orders."]