<span>Darwin writes to Innes about bees and wasps. He is quite interested in Innes' observations on the behaviour of bees. Also mentions a book on the habits of worms to be published soon. Transcription: "Sep 15- 1887 Down, Beckenham, Kent. Railway Station Orpington.S.E.R. My dear Innes The case of the bees not entering the battles seem very curious, + I will mention it to Lubbock, who is by far the best [] + observer of the minds of [] now living in the world. Wasps have been so extraordinarily rare here, as they appear to have been common with you.-The [] about the hexagon made by queen wasps in a very good one: I [] remember thinking [] this case, + how I wriggled out of the difficulty, I cannot remember. I do not believe that I was so dishonest as not to notice it: at least if I did do so, it was momentary forgetfulness, as I [] wasps + hornets' nests + studied the different kinds of nests in the B-[] + [] </span><span>work that the queen command her comb, all by herself. This is really not a [] of news to tell you. Poor Mrs. Parslow is dead + she is a [] to the village, as she was wonderfully kind to any sick + poor person. I go on working in my [] manner + do what I can. I have occasionally [] my years to the habits of worms, + next month a little book on them by me will be published, + as some parts may [] interest [by] you(for you ought to have been a regular []) I will send you a copy as soon as it is published. My [], [], whom you may in old times have seen here, has lately diead; + I am glad today that his late illness was very short + without any sever suffering. Forever my dear Innes yours vy sincerely Ch. Darwin I see that I have forgetting to take break-edged paper." Letter, signed by sender. Sent from Down House, near Beckenham, Kent, England.The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscripts</span>
