Questions Evolution Does Not Answer 
through any process of development 
by gradual change or modification? 
An instinct so wonderful as to chal¬ 
lenge the enthusiastic admiration 
of every thoughtful man! They 
make the cells of the comb of pre¬ 
cisely that shape, according to 
mathematicians, which with the 
least consumption of materials will 
afford the largest capacity with 
the necessary strength, and all this 
is done by multitudes of bees work¬ 
ing in the darkness of the hive. 
(“Origin of Species,” p. 260.) 
Their instinct for gathering and 
storing the honey is little less re¬ 
markable. How could such an in¬ 
stinct have been gradually acquired 
or slowly developed? It is incon¬ 
ceivable to me, especially in view 
of the fact that the bees who do all 
the work are sterile females, thus 
having no power to transmit these 
instincts. Nor should it be for- 
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