Hi all Does anyone own, or have knowledge of the following book: The World of The Wasp by Joy O. I. Spoczynska. Published by Frederick Muller, London 1975. If...
Hi Yes I have a copy ! It is a very basic book giving general information about the various sub-orders with basic descriptions of representative example...
Thanks for that Martin It was just one I spotted on fleabay! Think I'll give it a miss. If anyone has any recommendations for other books on wasps - ...
Hi Alan, I have a copy of "The World of the Wasp" I bought in 1979. In good condition, not often referred to as my main interest is in bees. It's a good book...
Hi, Date and locality for this one was the 28th June at about 4pm, grid ref TQ645508. I know that doesnt add much but at least its an accurate location. Mark ...
Hi All, Can anyone help me with the identity of this specimen please, Bee 1, 17 March 2007, pics in Files area - 'Debbie in Hampshire'. Pictured in my garden...
Hi everebody! Let me remind you, that the time for wasp beer trapping starts in ene week or so. The trapping protocol is available at files section still....
Two books on wasp ecology which I have found very useful are;- 'The Wasps' by Howard E. Evans and Mary Jane West Eberhard (1973) Michigan University Press and...
Hi Debbie Looks like a female Andrena nigroaenea to me. Common and widespread in southern England. I have them in my Salisbury garden - often at Muscari...
Many thanks for that Andrew. I have the Naturalist's Handbook but I'll make a note of the others. I also have the Michael Archer books: British Potter and...
I have Robin Edwards' 1980 "Social wasps - their biology and control", and can recommend it, it provides a thorough coverage of social wasp ecology in addition...
I've recently been to two willow coppice sites where I have seen bumblebees feeding on honeydew on the willow itself. Has anyone else seen this kind of...
Hi Edie Glad you are with us! Lots of records of bumbles at honeydew this year on a variety of web fora. I have seen plenty of B. terrestris on my Apple tree,...
Hello Edie. I have seen the lucorum group bees at honeydew many times, and have records of one or two other species much less frequently (we don't have lots ...
Hi Debbie Yes Best Wishes, Stuart ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of...
Apologies if this looks like a blatant attempt to get people with far more important things to do than to look at a blog to, er, look at a blog - but in all...
Yes. The 2nd (abdominal) yellow band is often absent on B. pratorum. The males have more yellow on the thorax and yellow hairs on their faces, so are easy to...
It fits a worker pratorum, Charlie. And it is not by any means unusual to have these missing the yellow band on the gaster. But if it really is your first, ...
Hi Guys I've had my first D. media record this afternoon - in my brothers garden in Grimsby, North Lincs. It seems I have vouchers of a newly emerged queen and...
Hi Alan et al, You're not the only one who's having a lack of wasps at the moment. In my area, North Staffordshire I've come across very few colonies. It...
Hi I have a LOT of D. media in my Salisbury garden visiting Scrophularia sp. These are all workers though, so I suspect a nest nearby. ... I would have thought...
Hi James/Stuart Having looked at the female D. media again, It's either a very large worker or a smallish queen. It does have the red marks on the thorax and...
Hi All, can anyone help me with identifying the pics I have posted in Files, Debbie in Hampshire. Is orange-y-ish a colour variation for Apis mellifera? If so,...
Hi Debbie, Here's what I suggest - Stuart (R) will correct my mistakes if any: Apis mellifera Query GCenrub_fl25May07 003b.jpg = Apis mellifera worker indeed ...
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