That is very helpful, Mike. I did not know about your records from the Cairngorms (I am currently trying to assemble the ant records for Highland, and am...
Hello Jorge and thank you for offering BWARS the use of your photos. The BWARS gallery will need to be limited to British species of bees, wasps and ants, so...
Happy New Year everyone! This is an update of my recent postings on 17/12/2006 (1512) and 26/12/2006 (1524). Windsor Great Park, Valley Gardens: Monday 1...
Thank you Duncan! A pity it wasn't possible to iD. As far as I have found out there are these four species in the 'Formica rufa group' (in the UK): * Formica...
I think the only other 'rufa group' member found in Sweden is Formica polyctena. (Is Formica exsecta considered 'rufa' group?) You probably get Formica...
Hello there I am quite green to the study of ants but have taken a deeper interest as I work on a nature reserve in Surrey with a Formica rufibarbis colony....
Hi Scotty, ... Yep, sadly this species hasn't been seen in the UK for a long while now. It's a shame, because I think it's probably the prettiest of the bunch....
F. exsecta is the only UK species of the subgenus Coptoformica, though Sweden has others, including pressilabris. I'm assuming that the 'rufa' group in its...
I just thought I should ask if there are any advice you could give regarding ant photography. Are there any special views that increase the chance of a...
Murdo My colleague at Sheffield University, Steve Martin, has almost completed an exhaustive study of the cuticular chemical profiles of Formica spp. F lemani...
Many thanks for that information, Duncan. Doesn't sound like a field technique, but I can see the uses if there were particularly contentious examples, or for...
Hi, I imagine the BWARS committee would consider providing funds to cover the costs of chemical profiling of northerly fusca records, assuming it's not too...
Hi all, "My" queen Bombus terrestris was still present on 3rd January in Corsham (Wilts), following a similar routine to before, collecting pollen from the...
That is interesting, Andrew. I am in Edinburgh fairly reguarly, and certainly all I have seen in the area have been lemani. Murdo Download the 2006 supplement...
Hi Andy ... This can not be ruled out but I must say that I think that this is rather unlikely at the moment - we have some other (hefty) costs on the...
Fair enough, I'd forgotten about increased publication costs! Just an idea, and as I say, I doubt it is particularly necessary in this case. Cheers, Andy...
Steve says he can do 'a few' of these analyses for free, but if quite a few are required it is surprisingly cheap (less than a fiver a sample). Cheers Duncan ...
Dear all, I guess that at least some of you are aware of the existence of a group of amateur apidologists called Apoidea-Gallica. This group has its specific...
Hi Darrel My recent short saga about Bombus pratorum workers is probably at an end. During a visit to Windsor Great Park on Wednesday 10 Jan in a brief break...
Dear Steve, is there any possibility that the Bombus pratorum have succesfully furnished some of their cell nests with sufficient resources and that viable...
Dear Andrew Yes, I certainly think that this is a possibility and I have not given up hope! However the weather here has been poor since New Year with no...
I've been following this thread with interest and have been keeping and eye out myself in the Reading area. Best I have managed so far is a B.terrestris queen...
As I have proabably mentioned before, I am currently doing a winter bumblebee project for a course I am studying, and I have been walking round my area of...
Hi Marc, Luckily, I am a member of Apoidea-Gallica, and just got back from our annual meeting in Paris together with Stuart Roberts. Regarding your inquiry...
Hi Matt and others, Have had a queen B. terrestris foraging on Lonicera japonica this morning - a good plant for nectar I guess but not that great for pollen,...
Hi all, No sign of any bees on sunday 14th Jan, in Corsham, Wilts. 10oc and 100% sunny at 13.00, with a light westerly wind. I last saw a queen B. terrestris...
Hello, 10 January 2007 My first bumblebee of the year was a Queen Buff-tailed Bumblebee seen flying away from some vegetation over Frampton's Field, Old...
Hello Matt, Stuart, Darrel, Andrew and others. I spent a couple of hours today in the Valley Gardens at Windsor Great Park. The weather was fine with good...
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