Recorded a single female Andrena nigroaenea today near Grimsby, N. lincs. Apart from that just a couple of Bombus terrestris queens in the afternoon sun...
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Adam Bates
adam_j_bates
Mar 16, 2009 5:21 pm
I caught a brief glimpse of a male Andrena this afternoon patroling a south facing bank in Birmingham today. No idea what it was though, it didn't hang around...
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Andy Jukes
andymjukes
Mar 17, 2009 8:00 am
Andrena bicolor and clarkella out in force yesterday at a quarry in staffordshire. 'bout time too! Andy ... Andy Jukes Principal Ecologist Staffordshire...
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Kathleen Rosewarne/Ia...
ianmbarton
Mar 17, 2009 10:49 am
Monday 16th Lots of Andrena activity (but no shiny blue black things so I must have just got it totally wrong! Apologies.) including 15-20 continually flying...
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Murdo Macdonald
eristalinus
Mar 17, 2009 5:13 pm
The posts telling of Andrena, Anthophora and Bombus in the south in March and earlier always makes me feel a bit out of the loop, but today the first B....
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morgaston
Mar 17, 2009 7:51 pm
Could anyone tell me, at least to family what this might be. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bwars/photos/album/1455948888/pic/list It was photographed today...
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Kathleen Rosewarne/Ia...
ianmbarton
Mar 17, 2009 8:44 pm
Hello Adrian, I have seen Melecta albifrons at Kingfishers Bridge and I was happy it was not that. The spots were probably white hair (tufts or unworn...
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Santhosh Shreevihar
nairssanthoshi
Mar 17, 2009 8:44 pm
I appreciate if you could send a pdf of the two papers Moure, J.S. (1961) A preliminary supra-specific classification of the old world meliponine bees...
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Stuart Roberts
eucera
Mar 17, 2009 8:47 pm
Its a male Andrena. I'm afraid that determination to species level is really not possible from pics Stuart ... Stuart Roberts Chairman BWARS www.bwars.com ...
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morgaston
Mar 18, 2009 4:28 am
Thanks for that Stuart, I didn`t think an ID to species would be do-able. But as a total newbie it`s nice to know as close as possible. Eventually I might get...
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Kathleen Rosewarne/Ia...
ianmbarton
Mar 19, 2009 10:20 am
Anthophora plumipes in the garden - briefly a female, then a single male for most of the day. The arrival of a second male was probably due to a female ...
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louisehislop51
Mar 19, 2009 7:41 pm
A lovely sunny day yesturday with quite a few Queen B. terrestris flying about and my first Queen B. lapidarius, though it did not stay still long enough for...
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Les Hebdon
l_hebdon
Mar 20, 2009 12:37 am
Hi Louise and Ian, Yesterday's sunshine brought out a few more bees, in the garden, here as well. Our first queens of B.lapidarius and B.pascuorum and a male ...
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Pierre MILLE
mille_pierre
Mar 20, 2009 4:42 pm
Hello, I ordered the book "The Field Guide to Bumblebees of Great Britain and Ireland is temporarily unavailable "from NHBS but I say it has become unavailable...
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heather_young247
heather_youn...
Mar 20, 2009 4:57 pm
Hi all, Just started a bumblebee transect for BBCT and came across the yellow insect on gorse in the album 'Heather's pics'. Couldn't get close, so not a great...
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Colin Jacobs
benacre2001
Mar 20, 2009 5:07 pm
Try these. ...
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Colin Jacobs
benacre2001
Mar 20, 2009 5:12 pm
Not much to go on really. Is it a Hornet? I could not id it the pic is not brilliant. Gawd knows LOL East Point Photography. Landscape and Nature ...
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Stuart Roberts
eucera
Mar 20, 2009 5:17 pm
... Hi Heather. I really can't make anything out on the pic you have uploaded so I'm not sure I can advance this one. If you get another pic, could you also...
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ashe
mountainashe
Mar 20, 2009 6:41 pm
available here http://www.ibra.org.uk/store/products/65 ... From: Pierre MILLE To: bwars@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 4:36 PM Subject: Re :...
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Bernard
gordon887077
Mar 20, 2009 8:27 pm
Hi Heather I'm not trying to be funny, not sure how well you saw it, but it's got to be better view than I get frm your photo, but bearing in mind the time of...
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Colin Jacobs
benacre2001
Mar 20, 2009 8:49 pm
It could be that I thought so too. It is always hard to id bees or diptera by photographs anyway. Perhaps a repeat visit may produce a better image. Have you a...
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Matt Smith
matsmith60
Mar 20, 2009 10:10 pm
Going by the size of the Gorse flowers, it is far too small to be a Hornet, particualrly at this time of year. As suggested, Yellow Dung fly is a...
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Kathleen Rosewarne/Ia...
ianmbarton
Mar 20, 2009 10:50 pm
Hello, Today I watched bees (and if it is plumipes then males only) visiting a bare earth bank and repeatedly enter holes. When a 'second' entered two I knew...
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Colin Jacobs
benacre2001
Mar 20, 2009 11:06 pm
Can bees be identified by Jizz, it would be helpful if they did. I always dislike taking vouchers. East Point Photography. Landscape and Nature ...
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Stuart Roberts
eucera
Mar 20, 2009 11:12 pm
Hi Ian  ...  These are males of A. plumipes. They appear reddish as they are probably a bit fresher Cheers, Stuart ... Stuart Roberts Chairman BWARS ...
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Stuart Roberts
eucera
Mar 20, 2009 11:16 pm
Colin ... Some can... but most can not. Vouchers really are essential if we get any splitting of species (very likely with new genetic tools coming into use)...
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Pierre MILLE
mille_pierre
Mar 22, 2009 10:51 am
Hello Thank you very much people who have responded to your help it's really nice of you. In your opinion so it's a good book? best regards ...
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Peat, Lizzy
lizzy_peat
Mar 23, 2009 9:51 am
I have just noticed a new job advertised with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust which might be of interest; http://environmentjobs.co.uk/job.cfm?id=6991 More...
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ashe
mountainashe
Mar 23, 2009 10:48 am
a very good book. Ashe ... From: Pierre MILLE To: bwars@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 10:50 AM Subject: Re : [bwars] besoin d'aide svp Hello ...
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Pierre MILLE
mille_pierre
Mar 23, 2009 11:22 am
It's really kind of you to answer me. In your opinion it is better to start with this book because I wanted to buy a more complete and I hesitate between " ...
