Hi all, I am just starting to identify aculeates (except ants and DEB's) and am still very green at it so far. I have collected quite a lot of individuals in...
Marc Very interested to hear about your observations in the Greater London area. Penge is obviously under the influence of the London "heat island" and this...
Hi Steve ... Looking through my notes, I have one record for a queen B. pratorum on the first of March. That one was in 1994, but for most years the dates are...
Hi all, Some of you may have read this, but just in case here is an article about the mysterious population crash of the honeybee population in the US: ...
Hi All, There's a further piece about this happening in many parts of Europe in today's Independent Newspaper on the Letters Page. James ... From: Alan...
... From: Alan Phillips To: bwars@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 4:27 PM Subject: [bwars] Species under threat: Honey, who shrunk the bee...
Hallo Leslie Thank you for your very detailed reply. I was rewarded with 1 queen B.pratorum on Thursday (1 Mar 2007) at the Valley Gardens in Windsor Great...
Hi Alan Yep... worrying but apparently related in some way with Varroa. Had a fascinating hour with the newshound from The Daily Telegraph looking into this 2...
Hi Folks Does anyone recognise this species found earlier this year July/ August in Northern England in the Photo section Colin IDs Regards Colin D ...
Hi Stuart Thanks for that it , not too familiar with Bees , gives me somethiong to go on , as always photos always retrospectfully difficult . Many thanks ...
Hi everyone, At last, on this sunny morning, with the thermometer showing 15°C, I've seen my first male Anthophora plumipes foraging on the purple and yellow...
The mild airstream and sunshine yesterday precipitated the emergence of large numbers of male Andrena clarkella at a conspicuous nesting aggregation on a sandy...
Hi Maggie I spotted my first Anthophora plumipes this morning, a male, foraging on symphytum ibericum. There have been several B. terrestris out and about this...
Hello Leslie, Had another male Anthophora on Wednesday, foraging between the Lonicera purpusei, then on to the violas, then rosemary and back to the...
Hello all & Maggie I saw 6 male and 1 female Anthophore plumipes today (09/03/07) at Brentmoor Heath SSSI (SU 937 613 - nature reserve I manage) in Surrey...
Bombus terrestris and pratorum getting busy here in Bucks, also seen one lapidarius. Found my first Lasioglossum of the year on Sunday, L. lativentre in a...
Martin Very interested to see your reference to a report of Bombus hypnorum in Northamptonshire. I had two sightings of Bombus hypnorum on Sunday afternoon (11...
Hello Martin, That's an interesting report of B. hypnorum being seen in Northants. I'm in adjacent Leics., so just where in Northants was the bumble seen? ...
Maggie, B. hypnorum was seen by Nathalie Hueber, who works part-time with me at the Bucks records centre, and part-time at the Northants Wildlife Trust, and if...
I'm keeping an eye out for Hypnorum, haven't seen it yet. The Xylocopa news is going to kick off shortly, We had one of the environmental editors from the...
Well guys... Today's (Saturday 17 March) INDEPENDENT (pp 10-11) carries the story. Lizzy has done a good job trying to keep the lid on the journalist's ...
Sadly, this is only too typical of the nonsense that the Indy (and, to be fair, a lot of other media outlets) throws out on matters of natural history, ...
Hi Folks I have just put a reference section on the Hymenoptera slot here on the insects section If anyone thinks they can help in regard to the growing data...
Hi all, Does anyone have any ideas to the identification of this insect as shown in Tony's pics? It was found in my conservatory during the early evening last...
Hi Tony Well... it's an ichneumonid of some sort, rather than an aculeate (check out the huge number of antennal segments). I wonder if Gavin Broad at the NHM...
Hi All I've downloaded two images of what I think are of the Mining bee Andrena clarkella. These were taken March 21st at Thurstaston Common Cheshire VC 58. ...
Hi Harry Yep! Definitely A. clarkella!! Lovely pics too Stuart ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your...
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