From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 8 June 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 162: 48b
Summary:
Gives calculations on the structure of bees’ cells.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Gives calculations on the structure of bees’ cells.
Encloses projections and models relating to geometry of bees’ cells.
Sends a model of bee cells "as bad as a Chinese puzzle". [A series of paper cut-out figures.]
Thanks for queen-bee larva and pupa.
Nervous system of Coccus.
Discusses geometry related to the structure of bees’ cells. Encloses notes and diagrams dealing with intersections of spheres.
Self-fertilisation in Fumariaceae.
[CD note on bees’ visiting some members of Fumariaceae.]
Discusses instinct in ducks and turkeys.
Reports a case of the inheritance of an acquired characteristic in a pig.