To W. B. Tegetmeier 17 [October 1858]
Summary
Has read WBT’s interesting communication on bees’ cells [Athenæum 16 Oct 1858]. Would like to see his excavated cells.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 17 [Oct 1858] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2344 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … s interesting communication on bees’ cells [ Athenæum 16 Oct 1858]. Would like to see his …
- … CD’s reference to having read a report about Tegetmeier’s work in the Athenæum (see n. …
- … 2, below). The Athenæum , 16 October 1858, p. 492, carried a report of papers given in …
- … s paper ( Tegetmeier 1858b ). There is a copy of the Athenæum account in DAR 48 (ser. 2): …
- … 47. According to the notice in the Athenæum , 16 October 1858, p. 492, Tegetmeier …
- … communication on Bee’s cell in the Athenæum. — You refer to me in very flattering …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 2 October [1858]
Summary
Ask some questions on pigeons.
Remarks on the discussion of bees’ cells at the Leeds BAAS meeting. CD fancies he has the true theory with regard to their construction.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 2 Oct [1858] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2332 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … but no doubt there will be abstract in Athenæum, & your paper in full somewhere, which I …
- … described some of CD’s experiments ( Athenæum , 16 October 1858, p. 492). In his paper, …
- … that were inclined at 120 o angles (see Athenæum , 16 October 1858, p. 492). The meeting …
- … Tibbats Stainton , not to Whewell. The Athenæum , 16 October 1858, p. 492, also carried …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 8 [June 1858]
Summary
Discusses bees’ cells. Wants hive and swarm; would be glad to have WBT’s box with commenced cells. "I am partly a disciple of Waterhouse, but not wholly."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 8 [June 1858] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2281 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … A report of the paper was printed in the Athenæum , 16 October 1858, p. 492. CD’s copy of …
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (3) |
