From:
William Swale
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 July 1858
Source of text:
DAR 177: 323 (fragile), DAR 205.4: 79
Summary:
Discusses the absence of a native bee in New Zealand and the insects which probably performed its fertilising function [see "Agency of bees in fertilization", Collected papers 2: 21]. Describes the success of the naturalised hive-bee and also the rapid spread of introduced members of the Fabaceae.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project