BWARS AGM 14th and 15th September 2024

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BWARS AGM Programme 14th and 15th September 2024 

Venue: Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford

Saturday 14th September 2024

Workshop 1 Nomada 11.30 – 1pm Steven Falk

Workshop 2 Priocnemis 2pm – 3.30pm Bogdan Wiśniowski

General ID help until 4.30 

Sunday 15th September 2024 10.00 – 16:30 

10:15 BWARS AGM (members only)

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BWARS AGM Programme 14th and 15th September 2024

Submitted by Mike Fox on

BWARS AGM Programme 14th and 15th September 2024

Venue: Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford

Saturday 14th September 2024

Workshop 1 Nomada 11.30 – 1pm Steven Falk

Workshop 2 Priocnemis 2pm – 3.30pm Bogdan Wiśniowski

General ID help until 4.30 

Sunday 15th September 2024 10.00 – 16:30 

10:15 BWARS AGM (members only)

Agenda

The Chair, Richard Dawson, will take the chair to commence the business of the day.

An ant species new to Britain has been found and could well become established

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An ant species new to Britain Tapinoma pygmaeum (Dufour 1857) has been found in Royston Herts. They seem to be thriving and have several nests with many queens in a private garden and have also been seen in two other gardens with one being 200m away. The resident, a professional gardener, recognised some very small black ants in his garden as something special about 5 years ago. It was only when he posted some photos and notes on the UK Bees, Wasps and Ants FaceBook page that interest was piqued.