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Letter from William Homan Thorpe to D C Martin, concerning three papers: 'The origin of the odours by which honeybees distinguish their companions' by H Kalmus and C R Ribbands, 'Division of labour in the honeybee community' by C R Ribbands, and 'Food transmission within the honeybee community' by H L Nixon and C R Ribbands

Reference number: RR/78/1

Date: 1952

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Paper reference code: B.2, B.3 and B.4

Strongly recommends the papers for publication. If there isn't space for them in Proceedings, Thorpe suggests they could be published in Behaviour, a journal which his is editor of.

[Published in Proceedings B, 1952].

Date received not given.

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William Homan Thorpe, Letter from William Homan Thorpe to D C Martin, concerning three papers: 'The origin of the odours by which honeybees distinguish their companions' by H Kalmus and C R Ribbands, 'Division of labour in the honeybee community' by C R Ribbands, and 'Food transmission within the honeybee community' by H L Nixon and C R Ribbands, 1952, RR/78/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_78_1/letter-from-william-homan-thorpe-to-d-c-martin-concerning-three-papers-the-origin-of-the-odours-by-which-honeybees-distinguish-their-companions-by-h-kalmus-and-c-r-ribbands-division-of-labour-in-the-honeybee-community-by-c-r-ribbands-and-food-transmission-within-the-honeybee-community-by-h-l-nixon-and-c-r-ribbands, accessed on 15 March 2025

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