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 ...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Nigel, your photograph shows a distinctive feature which seperates Amegilla form Anthophora - the absence of an arolia. By great fortune there is a further...
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...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Dear Mr Carlton, Thank you for your message and the information on winter bumblebee activity. Observations on winter flying and foraging activity of bumblebees...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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. ...