I have keyed out a solitary bee using the AIDGAP key and have been told that my ID is wrong but I cannot see why. I have all of the steps written down and...
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glaucus25
Dec 9, 2004 4:00 pm
Hello, Not the time of year for a solitary bee; this one was back in October: http://www.glaucus.org.uk/SolitaryBee.html Lasioglossum sp. Cheers Andy Horton ...
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British Marine Life S...
glaucus25
Dec 9, 2004 9:58 pm
Lasioglossum xanthopus...
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Nigel Jones
conopid
Dec 10, 2004 7:44 pm
Hi everyone. Good to have the BWARS discussion forum back. Can anyone suggest a likely ID for a very attractive bee I managed to photograph in Southern France...
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Nigel Jones
conopid
Dec 10, 2004 7:50 pm
Hope this link works http://www.insectpix.net/French%20bee.htm...
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ANDREW GRACE
andrew688595
Dec 11, 2004 5:31 pm
Nigel, Have you tried checking on Pierre Rasmont's excellent website? I had a scan through the Anthophorini and there are five species of Amegilla listed....
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Nigel Jones
conopid
Dec 11, 2004 5:55 pm
Thanks Andrew, I had a look at Pierre Rasmont's web pages - they are very good. I agree with you that my photo certainly looks very much like Amegilla...
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Nigel Jones
conopid
Dec 11, 2004 6:35 pm
Shrewsbury garden December 11: We have had a few mild frosts in Shrewsbury in the last month, so I was very surprised to see a Bombus terrestris/lucorum worker...
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ANDREW GRACE
andrew688595
Dec 11, 2004 10:32 pm
Nigel, your photograph shows a distinctive feature which seperates Amegilla form Anthophora - the absence of an arolia. By great fortune there is a further...
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Nigel Jones
conopid
Dec 12, 2004 6:09 pm
Andrew, I never think to look in Michener! Yes you are right, Amegilla quadrifasciata certainly looks like a very likely ID for my photo. It's a beautiful...
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Roy Frankum
maggiefrankum
Dec 13, 2004 10:42 pm
Dear BWARS Moderator, Well, it took absolutely for ever to join up with this new Yahoo forum but I eventually made it. It's nice to be back - I think...
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British Marine Life S...
glaucus25
Dec 14, 2004 12:09 pm
Hello, Adur Bumblebee page, not comprehensive: http://www.glaucus.org.uk/BBees.html Please point out any errors. I am not an insect expert. The following one...
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Matt Smith
matsmith60
Dec 15, 2004 2:37 pm
Bombus (Psithyrus) vestalis male British Marine Life Study Society <Glaucus@...> wrote:Hello, The following one has not got a label: ...
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Stuart Hine
stuart_hine
Dec 16, 2004 6:59 pm
Dear Maggie, I thought that I had replied to this the other day - seemingly not. This yahoo group was/is a stopgap measure to get the forum up and running...
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Stuart Roberts
eucera
Dec 18, 2004 10:00 am
... Hi Richard This question seems to have been doing the rounds for a while! I guess its my turn to have a stab at it. ... What did YOU think the specimen...
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dittlof
Dec 20, 2004 5:04 am
I am a beginer in feral apoïdea,(I am beekeeper),is it possible to had help to determine anthophora sp. please?...
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Stuart Roberts
eucera
Dec 21, 2004 1:00 pm
An opportunity has arisen for anyone with a working knowledge of bee taxonomy to join Professor Theodora Petanidou's team in Mytilene (Lesvos) for 1-5 months....
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Stuart Roberts
eucera
Dec 23, 2004 5:46 pm
Hi everyone - Christmas almost here... and the deadline for suggestions of bees/wasps/ants that should be added.. subtracted etc. from the BAP lists (due for...
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Stuart Roberts
eucera
Dec 23, 2004 6:10 pm
Hi... yes...it is possible.... but, regretfully, there are no competent bee taxonomists in France at all (a sad decline since the great days of Perez and...
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dittlof
Dec 25, 2004 8:11 am
Stuart, Really happy with your answer -pigeon carrier has good wings- . Prof. Else has accepted to examine my samples.Thank you. Ferton between Perez and...
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Elizabeth Peat
lizzy_peat
Jan 10, 2005 4:16 pm
I spotted a bee this morning (10th January), it landed on our office window. Unfortunately I only saw it from underneath, It looked like a honey bee, but with...
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Stuart Roberts
eucera
Jan 10, 2005 6:50 pm
Hi Lizzie It isn't that unusual to see Honey-bees out foraging in January, providing the weather is warm enough. I used to see lots visiting flowering Mahonia...
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Marc Carlton
penge12000
Jan 14, 2005 11:12 pm
I saw three bumblebees today, ( Friday 14 Jan) simultaneously foraging on a Mahonia about 500 metres from my home in South London. Saw two yesterday, foraging...
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George Else
george_else
Jan 17, 2005 9:05 am
Dear Mr Carlton, Thank you for your message and the information on winter bumblebee activity. Observations on winter flying and foraging activity of bumblebees...
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Nigel Jones
conopid
Jan 17, 2005 10:26 am
I was in Malvern, Worcestershire on Sunday January 16. I saw three worker B/lucorum/terrestris collecting pollen and feeding from winter flowering jasmine. In...
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dittlo françois
fdttl
Jan 17, 2005 6:40 pm
I have caught 2 species of Colletes on the same ivy on sept 03: - one "large yellow" with galea smooth -other"smaller grey" with galea dull broader The first...
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George Else
george_else
Jan 18, 2005 8:23 am
Dear Mr Dittlo, Thank you for your message. The bees on your ivy are probably Colletes hederae but might be another species. If you would like them to be...
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Storey, M.W.
bioimages2000
Jan 18, 2005 1:37 pm
... Google seem to be in the process of setting something similar up too. http://groups-beta.google.com/grphp?hl=en&tab=wg&ie=UTF-8 HTH Malcolm...
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Mike Lush
stubbornlyin...
Jan 18, 2005 6:32 pm
The Google groups are probably now the best around in my opinion. They are simple and, rather usefully, will store full-sized attachments with messages (though...
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Stuart Roberts
eucera
Jan 28, 2005 12:48 pm
If there are any BWARS members who would like a change of scenery for a week or two in the South of France, (Easyjet do cheap flights to the nearest airport:...
