Further autumnal aculeate records. In common with many BWARS members, my garden has few bees present at this time of year, even on sunny days (of which there...
Just a general alert to any BWARS committee members - the BWARS.com domain has expired and needs renewing. The website is inoperative as the domain no longer...
The expiry of the BWARS website is known to the Committee and steps are being taken to resolve the issue. Thanks anyway for your concern. George Else ... From:...
30/09/2005 & 1/10/2005: had a big Bombus terrestris queen foraging nectar "properly" from the tubular flowers of Salvia "Indigo Spires" [rather than robbery]....
Its well into C. hederae season and all BWARS members with any flowering IVY near them ought to check out the flowers for Colletes hederae. Records of presence...
Hi, I am from East Sussex. The attached photo of a hornet dated 07/06/05 was the first close siting I have had of a hornet. Over the last couple of days there...
Hi there I have just joined this group, and I am also quite new to the world of Hymenoptera. To tell you all a little about myself, I am a countryside ranger...
Hello Scotty and welcome to our forum. You will get some useful help here and you might like to join the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording scheme, who issue a...
Hi All, Out and about in Shropshire today, October 9 and came across an active Mellinus arvensis. This wasp looked quite fresh and is the latest I have ever...
Hi Nigel, cheers for that. BWARS is certainly on the cards. I have already visited the site. It is certaily a worthwhile group to patronise and participate in...
Hi Gordon, Hornets do vary in the colouration of the thorax. Also, I strongly suspect that the specimen photographed on the ivy is a male, whereas the other...
... Welcome to the BWARS forum. Apart from being interested in the bumbles etc in my garden, I'm also into plant galls, especially those caused by cynipid gall...
George, Thankyou for the info re Hornets. ... Stuart, Your request for sitings of ' Colletes hederae ' on Ivy. The attached photos were taken by me on 08/10/05...
Gordon Could you upload the pics to the site? Click on the button on the left side of the message board labelled (imaginitively) "Photos" and follow the...
My local Mellinus arvensis "colony" in E.Norfolk was still very active today - 10 October - with at least 25 females entering nest burrows, and several new...
Dear bwar members, For most of this summer and autumn I have been struck by the really startlingly low level of insect life in North West London (brief sallies...
I don't think the paucity is confined to London, Brian. The same comment has been made all over the N of Scotland, though the reasons may not be the same. Up...
Yes, even here in rural and clement Shropshire it has been a pretty bad year for just about everything. I had to work very hard to find things this year, and...
Hi all Same story here in Calderdale in west Yorkshire. Poor weather last year followed by a very cold May this year. A field trip in early July with the...
Hi, I live in a village in East Sussex and have noticed a lack of certain insects in my garden. For example I have only see two Painted Lady butterflies. The...
Hi everyone Social wasp numbers are certainly low this summer (I too suspect the chilly inclement weather in nest establishment time (May) is probably to...
Hi Stuart I was just thinking along the same lines but with a different question. This might be a forum to test out first what people think ? In my past life I...
Hi Paul, Stuart, and all, Thankfully I don't know anyone who has gone for decking or paving the whole garden. I do think though that your not normally nature...
Dear bwars members, Many thanks for the initial responses from so many bwars members. It does look like 2005 is going to prove to be a bad year for insects in ...
I don't want to be awkward but I haven't had any drop in the number of black ants in my garden in London. There has been a drop in the number of red ants...
Dear Lizzysue, Facts is facts; but I have not had any red ants in my garden since I came here 15 years ago. My post code is NW 10. What's yours? Your...
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