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DCP-LETT-9691

From:
William James Beal
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Oct 1874
Source of text:
DAR 46.2: C60
Summary:

Sends his observation of honey-bees gleaning after orioles had made holes in calyx of Missouri currant, while humble-bees were getting honey through the tube in the usual way.

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DCP-LETT-9713F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William James Beal
Date:
9 Nov 1874
Source of text:
Sarah Baker Topper (private collection)
Summary:

Thanks WJB for his reference [see 9691]. Is curious fact that the humble bees did not use the pollen, but the hive bees did.

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