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Miller-Klein, Jan. 2010 Gardening for Butterflies, Bees and other beneficial insects
O'Toole, Christopher. 2013 Bees: A Natural History
Peeters T.M.J. et al. 2012… Read more
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Stuart Roberts has provided a review for IBRA's new book Plants for Bees
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Plants for Bees
It is not often that a book that so emphatically links bees and the flowers that support them comes along. IBRA are to be congratulated in publishing this lavishly illustrated hard bound book, and for keeping the price (at £25) well within the "Christmas Present" bracket.
The book is divided into a number of sections, including plants for honeybees, bumblebees and solitary bees. The authors of these sections (Norman Carreck, Jane Stout and Chris O'Toole) are all recognised authorities on their subjects,… Read more
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Stuart Roberts has updated the 2012 map for Colletes hederae
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Colletes hederae FAQ's
>>What is an Ivy Bee?
The Ivy Bee is a species of mining bee that was first recorded in Britain in 2001. As the name suggests, it forages almost exclusively at flowers of Ivy, and flies only from September to mid-November (ie during the flowering period of Ivy).
>> What are they doing in my lawn?
These bees are nesting in the lawn. The nesting aggregations are often dense and the number of nests can get as large as 10's of thousands. They prefer loose soil.
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Steven Falk has created an extensive Bombus section on his Flickr pages. This includes numerous images of 23 of the British species together with information about each species. Users will find the species accounts particularly useful for helpful hints on identifying Bombus species in the field.
Steven's pages are HERE
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Colletes hederae map: 30 November 2012
Foraging female from Corfe Mullen (vc9)
Photo: Jane Adams.
The map shows all the records received up to the end of 2011 with records received in 2012 now appearing in red
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BWARS is running an identification workshop for those wanting to improve their ability to identify solitary wasps with one submarginal cell.