The photographs here are kindly provided by Villu Soon. They show the sculpture of the thorax of the four UK species. These photos should help to clarify the descriptions given in Morgan (1984).
In 1998 BWARS members started work on a project to write and publish an introduction to the bees of Britain. The project was considered particularly worthwhile as there had been no publication providing an adequate overview of this large and varied group of aculeates since Edward Saunders' 1896 classic work. The lack of a good modern introductory text covering all British bee genera was a huge gap in the literature on British aculeates.
Since the decision… Read more
All specimens should carry full data on the labels. This essential task can be time-consuming, and here Sam Droege gives some tips on how to speed this process up without losing accuracy.
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This critical task has to be performed properly if specimens are going to be identified. Sam Droege demonstrates the best in good practice.
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Wet specimens that have been washed need to be dried properly before pinning. Sam Droege shows how its done.
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Sam Droege demonstrates good practice in preparing specimens
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2 videos by BWARS Corresponding member Sam Droege (US) demonstrating how to carry out efficient bowl trapping surveys
Terry Griswold's Pan trap monitoring protocols
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BWARS Corresponding member Sam Droege (US) demonstrating how best to use a handnet
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Colletes hederae enjoyed another year of colonisation, consolidation and advance in 2011. The northerly limits of its range were extended northward on two fronts. The first crop of records occurred in the unseasonally hot weather at the end of September, when numerous records started coming in from a suite of sandy sites to the south of Oxford, with particularly large nesting aggregations noted from Dry Sandford Pit. We also received records from Cheltenham (Gloucestershire) which represents… Read more
