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Submitted by Nigel Jones on Tue, 20/09/2016 - 19:06

Defra issued a press release on 20 September 2016 regarding a Gloucestershire record for Asian hornet Vespa velutina
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Submitted by Nigel Jones on Mon, 01/08/2016 - 09:58

Researchers at Liverpool University are assessing the presence of Arsenophonus bacterial symbionts in UK solitary bees and require expert… Read more

Submitted by Nigel Jones on Thu, 07/04/2016 - 14:48

A revised and updated checklist of the UK aculeate fauna has just been published covering all of the species of interest to BWARS. The checklist… Read more

Submitted by Nigel Jones on Tue, 15/03/2016 - 11:01



BWARS member Paddy Saunders has produced a new atlas of bumblebees Bumblebees of Cornwall and Scilly. It is available as a… Read more

Submitted by Nigel Jones on Fri, 04/03/2016 - 17:27

BWARS member Steven Falk's much anticipated Field Guide to Bees of Great Britain and Ireland has been published.  This is the first extensive… Read more

Submitted by Nigel Jones on Thu, 25/02/2016 - 13:09

Ian Tew has been hard at work adding another big batch of around 300 images of many species. Do browse the gallery and enjoy these new species… Read more

Submitted by Nigel Jones on Sun, 27/12/2015 - 10:59

A superbly illustrated key to the Chrysididae of the Nordic and Baltic countries (in English) is available as a free download. It should provide a… Read more

Submitted by Nigel Jones on Fri, 06/11/2015 - 15:10

The NBN are running a short project seeking to classify recorder motivations, and understand what support different recorders prefer. They're… Read more

Submitted by Nigel Jones on Sun, 11/10/2015 - 18:33

A significant leap north west for Colletes hederae is apparent, with the discovery of a well established population around Llandudno in North… Read more

Submitted by Nigel Jones on Sun, 06/09/2015 - 20:23

As well as workshops at the upcoming BWARS AGM, two other opportunities to learn how to identify aculeates are listed in the BWARS Diary… Read more