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
Most recently added content
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Stuart Roberts has provided a review for this new and comprehensive account of the Netherlands bee fauna.
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De Nederlandse Bijen
This book is one of those great rarities in the Bee literature: a comprehensive work covering the entire Apifauna of the country and represents the first major work of this kind since Paul Westrich’s seminal work Die Wildbienen Baden-Württemburgs, published in 1989.
The text (in Dutch) outlines the distribution (both in the Netherlands and generally), Habitat, Life History ecology and traits of all 358 species of bee on the Dutch list. The whole work is lavishly illustrated with a wonderful collection of colour photographs… Read more
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Taxonomists regularly review families, genera and species of aculeates (and all other life-forms). This sometimes results in proposals to change the accepted nomenclature associated with some species. Once name changes have been accepted, BWARS implements these changes across its website and in its publications.
This page lists recent changes in nomenclature.
Tetramorium atratulum (Schenk, 1852)
Formerly known as Anergates atratulus. Name change implemented on this website October 2016.
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Aims
Over the last 25 years or so, entomologists and naturalists have noted winter activity of Bombus terrestris (the Buff-tailed Bumblebee). Workers have been seen foraging at a wide range of winter-flowering plants, and males have been reported flying in February. What is quite clear is that a small proportion of mated queens will establish nests in the Autumn, and these can exploit the increasing amount of forage resources available throughout the winter in our gardens, parks and amenity areas.
BWARS is working … Read more
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Kirk, W.D.J., & Howes, F.N. 2012 Plants for Bees
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