Buglife's report on the work of the south west bees project in 2014. Author Rory Dimond.
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BWARS members Mike Edwards and Jeremy Early have collaborated with Scottish Natural Heritage to produce a guide to some of the common and more readily identified bees of Scotland. The guide can be downloaded here
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BWARS member Ian Tew has been busy upoading some 230 images of bees and wasps in 23 genera, significantly improving our online image collection. Most of the images were taken in south Wales. View the images in the species accounts.
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Stuart Roberts has added a a new map showing the results of the 2014 monitoring project for Bombus hypnorum. This includes 3,290 lines of data. 224 new dots have been added to the map in 2014, which represents a more than a 20% increase over 2013.
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Gayton Village Hall, Gayton, Staffs. ST18 0HL led by Ron Rock. Cost £10 per head. 11.00-14.00
Learn to identify garden Bumblebees in this three hour course. There will be follow up field meetings in May and August.
To book your place at this event contact Ron Rock ronrock@phonecoop.coop
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A one day intermediate course held at RSPB Dungeness led by Nikki Gammans (The short-haired bumblebee reintroduction project) Cost £18 per head. 10:30-3pm
For further information (booking and parking details) click here
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A one day beginners course held at RSPB Dungeness led by Nikki Gammans (The short-haired bumblebee reintroduction project) Cost £18 per head. 10:30-3pm
For further information (booking and parking details) click here
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An advanced level residential FSC course at Preston Montford Field Centre with tutor Paul Lee
This invertebrate identification course is designed to help students develop higher level skills in the identification of invertebrate species. Sampling techniques will be discussed but the main emphasis will be on the collection, preparation, identification and curation of invertebrate specimens. Participants will be expected to select a suitable taxonomic group in which they will start to specialize by building up a reference collection of specimens.
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A residential FSC course at Preston Montford Field Centre with tutor Ian Cheeseborough
Open to everyone
Solitary Bees are the focus of this weekend identification course. Emphasis will be placed on field identification but there will be ample opportunity to study and identify prepared specimens using entomological keys and microscopes. Time will be spent in the field over the weekend to enable bees to be caught and identified before release. Presentations will be given to explain ecology and conservation as well as a general introduction to the other insects that… Read more
Submitted by Stuart Roberts on
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A one day FSC course at Preston Montford Field Centre with tutor Ian Cheeseborough
Open to everyone
This bumblebee identification day course will be field based. At the end of the course everyone should be able to confidently identify some of the commonly encountered species in the wider countryside and have an understanding of their ecology and conservation.
For further information (including costs and booking details) click … Read more