Colletes hederae map: 10 October 2015
Male from Norfolk (vc28)
Photo: Michelle Bantoft
The map shows all the records received up to the end of 2014 with records received in 2015 now appearing in red
Male from Norfolk (vc28)
Photo: Michelle Bantoft
The map shows all the records received up to the end of 2014 with records received in 2015 now appearing in red
Update: 11 October 2013
On the eastern side of the country, Colletes hederae has now been sighted in north Norfolk, even further north than the Shrewsbury sighting below. Latest map here.
Update: 10 October 2013
This is an update to an existing news item.
Several Colletes hederae have been found foraging at ivy in the centre of Shrewsbury. This is a further 20 miles north of the sightings reported below. Clearly, C. hederae is making a major… Read more
Invertebrates and us - the good, the bad and the ugly is the title of a series of lectures organised by the Ecology and Conservation Studies Society. This includes two aculeate themed lectures.
Download the programme here
Colletes hederae is now flying in some areas. Send your records to BWARS' annual monitoring project
The AGM is being held at the World Museum, Liverpool this year.
To do this, first grab the youtube link, by clicking on Share, beneath the video, then Embed and copy the iframe link: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OMFYDNuQRqQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Warning: the link you need must include /embed/ in it. Don't use the link in the address bar or the one that first pops up when you click share. You must click embeb.
See the diary entry at: Andrena identification workshop
Mike Edwards will lead a workshop on identifying bees in the genus Andrena - our largest genus of bees.
This will be held at the World Museum, Liverpool.
Saturday 19 October 2013
Details from Guy Knight:
guy.knight[at]liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Note: substitute @ for [at]
BWARS.com can now embed videos in its species account pages. We have added videos of Oxybelus uniglumis, showing a female around her nest burrow, then bringing in prey - a fly impaled upon its sting; and Osmia bicornis females collecting mud.
BWARS would welcome further videos ilustrating behaviour of species. Videos should be of reasonable quality. Please contact the web managers if you have material you can contribute.
Website Managers:… Read more
BWARS has launched an online survey for Anthidium manicatum ("wool carder bee") here