Researchers at Liverpool University are assessing the presence of Arsenophonus bacterial symbionts in UK solitary bees and require expert volunteers to collect and identify speciemens. Read more
Call for assistance - assessing the presence of Arsenophonus bacterial symbionts in UK solitary bees
The Micro-bee project: Assessing the presence of Arsenophonus bacterial symbionts in UK solitary bees
Added to the British list by Wood and Baldock (2016).
A weekend bee ID workshop led by bee expert Steven Falk and based at Bug Farm, Pembrokeshire. Probably £60 for 2 days. Contact details here: Email: info@drbeynonsbugfarm.com
Telephone: 07966 956357
A weekend bee ID workshop led by bee expert Steven Falk and run by Cornwall Environmental Records Centre, based at Newquay. £70 for 2 days. Booking details here: http://erccis.org.uk/node/89
A weekend bee identification workshop led by bee expert Steven Falk and hosted by Berryfield Farm (Sally-Ann Spence) near Swindon. A fabulous location, flowery farmland and chalk downs.
£60 for 2 days. Details and booking details are here: http://www.berrycrofthub.com/store/p42/Bee_Identification_workshops_with_Steven_Falk_21st-22nd_May_or_6th-7th_August_10am-4pm.html
May 21 & 22 A weekend bee identification workshop led by bee expert Steven Falk and hosted by Berryfield Farm (Sally-Ann Spence) near Swindon. A fabulous location, flowery farmland and chalk downs.
£60 for 2 days. Details and booking details are here: http://www.berrycrofthub.com/store/p42/Bee_Identification_workshops_with_Steven_Falk_21st-22nd_May_or_6th-7th_August_10am-4pm.html
A revised and updated checklist of the UK aculeate fauna has just been published covering all of the species of interest to BWARS. The checklist compiled after much painstaking work by George R. Else, Barry Bolton & Gavin R. Broad can be downloaded freely from the Biodiversity Data Journal at: http://biodiversitydatajournal.com/articles.php?id=8050