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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
20 July [1860]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Asks whether crossing breeds of hive-bees is advantageous

and whether different pigeon breeds have different incubation periods.

Explains and apologises for the lack of detailed quotations in Origin.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
30 July [1860]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Thanks for information on pigeon hatching

and on drones.

Believes occasional crosses indispensable.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project