Sat 16th
12:00 Doors open for general gathering & lunch. Please bring your food as there is no café on site; tea and coffee will be provided throughout the day.
13:30 – 16:45 Workshops. Booking required! Two workshops will each run twice, so that members will be able to attend both if they wish!
1) Paola Rosa & Mike Edwards – Chrysididae. Recent investigations into the British Chrysididae have uncovered several new… Read more
Sussex Bees & Wasps Recording Group 2023 will be meeting during 2023. Dates are:
22nd April Warnham Nature Reserve, Horsham
20th May Fore Wood and Guestling Wood, near Hastings (target species is Osmia pilicornis)
1st July Cradle Hill, near Alfriston
15th July Climping Dunes, near Littlehampton
2nd September Sompting, near Worthing
People should contact James Power by email beforehand if they would like to join any of these meetings: jamesmbuna@gmail.com
An updated corrections file for Else & Edwards - Handbook of the Bees of the British Isles.
Corrections updated at December 2022.
Updated version December 2022. The Vespine key on the BWARS website has been extensively revised for many of the male characters, most notably the males of V. rufa, V. germanica and V. vulgaris. The markings on these species are very variable and the only reliable way of separating them is by looking at the genitalia of dead specimens, in particular the shape of the central 'tongue' or adeagus.
There have been small alterations elsewhere in the text.
Download the key here
An updated version of Mike Edwards' key to Vespine social wasps.
Please read the accompanying note "Notes to Updated Vespine Key
Dipterists Forum Summer 2023 Field Meeting
8th – 15th July 2023 (Saturday to Saturday)
The Dipterists Forum is meeting in South Wales in 2023 and we would be pleased to have BWARS members join us. The meeting will be based at Swansea University (Singleton Campus). There will be informal daily field trips to a number of sites in the Gower Peninsula and nearby regions of South Wales. The cost of attending the meeting will be £459.90 for half-board (includes an evening meal). Participants can opt for B&B only at £389.90 for the week. This… Read more
Ant Navigation: How To Be A Champion Navigator With A Small Brain
by Prof Paul Graham
Location: Online
Free - Registration required
entoLIVE is hosting a number of free live webinars in 2023, including 6 particularly relevant to BWARS members
Details have been added to the Diary of Events page
For further webinars on a diverse range of invertebrate topics register here https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/entolive-webinars-74679
Big Wasp Survey: Investigating Social Wasp Populations
by Prof. Seirian Sumner
Location: Online
Free - Registration required
