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DCP-LETT-4974

From:
Jeffries Wyman
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Jan 1866
Source of text:
DAR 181: 191
Summary:

Has made observations on bees’ cells. Their dimensions are not constant, nor do single bees make single cells; each one is a result of co-operation.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-4994

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jeffries Wyman
Date:
2 Feb 1866
Source of text:
Jeffries Wyman Jr (private collection)
Summary:

Obliged for JW’s information on variability of size of bees’ cells. Hexagonal cells not always work of several insects. W. H. Miller found great variability in thickness of cell walls.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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