From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:
[16 Aug 1841]
Source of text:
Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette no. 34, 21 August 1841, p. 550
Summary:
Reports detailed observations on humble-bees boring holes in flowers to extract nectar instead of brushing over the stamens and pistils. Some hive-bees seem to use the holes made by the humble-bees; speculates that this would be a case of acquired knowledge in insects.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project