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Anthidium manicatum - wool carder bee survey

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Anthidium manicatum (The Wool-carder Bee) is probably one of the earliest recorded solitary bee species in Britain, with a well documented occurrence in Selborne in July 1772, when the celebrated naturalist Gilbert White wrote of its behaviour: "July 11, 1772 – There is a sort of wild bee frequenting the garden-campion for the sake of its tomentum, which probably it turns to some purpose in the business of nidification. It is very pleasant to see with what address it strips off the pubes, running from the top to the bottom of a branch, &… Read more

Oxybelus uniglumis - a digger wasp that hunts flies.

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Introduction to Solitary Bees

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10:00am - 4:00pm

Ivan Wright of 'Shotover Wildlife' leads this introduction to solitary bee ecology and identification. Keying to genus will be elucidated using microscopes in the study centre.


This day course will involve indoor and outdoor sessions; tea and biscuits provided - but bring a packed lunch.


BOOKING ESSENTIAL: as places are limited to 8 people: £25 charge.


Contact for further information or to book:


Keith Tomey and Dorothy Reich
The Anne Carpmael Charitable Trust
Withymead Nature Reserve
Bridleway… Read more

Viewing user registrations awaiting approval

Submitted by Nigel Jones on ,

To see all registrations and the "reason for registering" field in one quick view click here:

user-approve

 

Citations

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Citing pages on this website

Use this format:

For example for the page: https://www.bwars.com/index.php?q=bee/apidae/anthophora-plumipes

 

The citation should be:

Bees, Wasps & Ants Recording Society, 2013. Anthophora plumipes. https://www.bwars.com/index.php?q=bee/apidae/anthophora-plumipes. [Accessed Date (style 1st January 2013)]

 

Which would look like this:

Bees, Wasps &… Read more

Hypoponera punctatissima

Submitted by Mike Fox on ,

Hypoponera punctatissima is a small brown ant with a functioning sting, a single substantial petiole and a constriction between the first and second segments of the gaster. It is an underground species with wingless worker-like males and only the alate gynes are likely to be seen above ground. There is some dispute as to whether this should be treated as a native species because it is most often come across in greenhouses and other permanently heated buildings but there is evidence for its presence 1500 years ago in northern Britain (Seifert, 2003) and colonies have occasionally… Read more

Irish Grid - switch on in Species Record submission pages

Submitted by Nigel Jones on ,

Edit the page, then expand the “Other Map Settings” section. In there, the control “Allowed Spatial Ref Systems” needs to be set to “OSGB,OSIE” rather than “default”.

 

Make sure both are selected so that GB and Ireland are available.

Information sheets - how to add a link to a sheet.

Submitted by Nigel Jones on ,

Grab the url for the information sheet by opening it in view (not edit) mode. E.G. for Anthophora plumipes the whole url is:

https://www.bwars.com/sites/default/files/info_sheets/05_Anthophora_plumipes_1col_infosheet.pdf
 

Then, copy this part of the url:

/sites/default/files/info_sheets/05_Anthophora_plumipes_1col_infosheet.pdf

(That is everything after the initial http://bwars.com part of the whole url).

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New mapping project launched

Submitted by Nigel Jones on ,

BWARS is launching a project to map and record behaviour of common and easily recognised species.

These are currently:

Andrena cineraria (Ashy Mining-bee)

Andrena fulva (Tawny Mining-bee)

Anthophora plumipes (Hairy-footed Flower-bee)… Read more

Book Review: De Nederlandse Bijen (Bees of the Netherlands)

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Stuart Roberts has provided a review for this new and comprehensive account of the Netherlands bee fauna.