From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Hallowes Miller
Date:
5 June [1860]
Source of text:
DAR 146: 365
Summary:
Discusses measurements of bees’ cells.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Discusses measurements of bees’ cells.
Discusses measurements of bees’ cells. Describes modification in structure of Melipona hive. Notes importance of natural selection.
Must prepare new edition of Origin.
Discusses structure of beehives. Mentions writings of Chauncey Wright on bees’ cells ["Remarks on the architecture of bees", Proc. Am. Acad. Arts & Sci. 4 (1857–60): 432–3].
Discusses measurements of bees’ cells.
Thanks WHM for information about honeycombs. Discusses his own measurements of combs.