Dear George, Thank you for your letter of February I about Colletes hederae. Yesterday I have seen the first Bombus pratorum hurriing to feed on Lonicera sp. ...
I'm still seeing bumblebees almost every day in London. The other day during my lunch hour I saw what looked from a distance like a B. terrestris queen flying...
In the last two decades observations of active bumblebees during the winter has almost become commonplace, especially in southern England. The most northerly...
Here in Dublin I have seen Bombus terrestris and B lucorum queens apparently investigating nesting sites in February, and would not think it all that strange...
Hello, Shoreham, Sussex. The bumblebees around are Bombus terrestris, http://www.glaucus.org.uk/BBees.html 2 February 2005 Just after midday, the first burst...
Hello everyone, At our local arboretum on several occasions in January & February:- B.terrestris & B. lucorum have been seen with pollen loads, foraging on...
Hello, To have flowers in February I prune my Lonicera shrubs soon afterwards flowering. Yesterday in my garden I have seen,gathering nectar on Lonicera sp. a...
Francois saw his Bombus pratorum in France, but there are one or two winter records of this species in England (e.g. in west Cornwall). Just as I was beginning...
The Chinese certainly have that reputation. They've had enough problems feeding their vast population over the centuries that they learnt not to be as choosy...
Thanks to Matt Smith for identifying my bee and showing me where I went wrong. He even enclosed a print out of the page from the key where I made the error....
It seems that many members are seeing overwintering Bombus terrestris/lucorum this year. Some of you may already be aware that the UK Phenology Network has...
Incredibly, I saw a worker/small queen flying to Lungwort flowers at 8.15 AM in Shrewsbury this morning. It was about 2-3 degrees C at best! ... <tr> <td...
My dad saw B. lapidarius last week. I saw a large solitary bee about two weeks ago on a mild day (about 10C), couldn’t get close enough to see what it was...
Hi Large solitary bee this early in the year... hmmmmm could be Anthophora plumipes. Normally (though not this year) have them about in Salisbury before 20 ...
Stuart, Yes, i think it probably was. Im reasonably new to hymenoptera so couldn't be 100% but it does seem to be the most likely suspect. Cheers for the...
In my Reading garden, terrestris/lucorum workers started with Lungwort in late January. Now they prefer a Cherry/Plum tree but still occasionally visit the...
These bees are the ones responsible for me becoming interested in garden bees in the mid-90s. The "jizz" of the brown males is a pale face, fly v. fast and...
The following news story can be found at http://story.news.yahoo.com/news? tmpl=story&cid=1894&e=4&u=/ap/20050301/ap_on_sc/bee_pests Research May Help Fight...
Dear BWARS, perhaps you can help me. I'm planning to start surveying some 'bee banks' which have been dug some time ago into sand & gravel areas on a local...
Hi Mick Interesting project. Where are you based? There is no shortage of BWARS presence in most of out heathy areas in UK. I could very probably put you in...
The latest issue of the journal "British Wildlife" contains an article on the wildlife (including aculeate Hymenoptera) of former tin mines in Cornwall. Worth...
At last... Anthophora plumipes in my Salisbury garden! Males in abundance on 14 March visiting Pulmonaria flowers. Every day this week there have been about a...
S I shall bring my net on Sunday (really). G ... From: Stuart Roberts [mailto:eucera@...] Sent: 18 March 2005 10:15 To: bwars@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
18/03/2005 - 10°C at 9 a.m., B. terrestris queen foraging on Stinking Hellebore. By 2.45pm temp up to 19°C, 3 x male Anthophora plumipes chasing each other...
Not so much activity in the West Midlands, but still a good start to the spring. Queen and possibly worker B terrestris on various flowers. The quen was...
Had a quick look at a big male sallow in full bloom at Dintom Pastures today. In between the honeybees working hard I found queens of Bombus lucorum,...
Matt, had a traips round Dinton myself this afternoon, not a lot of sallow in bloom. A cracking example near the tuck shop though, as you say heaving with...
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