BWARS       Bees, Wasps & Ants Recording Society

Membership also provides you with access to workshops, the Annual General Meeting and an active community of enthusiastic hymenopterists.

Download a membership application HERE

Chrysura radians
Drawing Geoff Allen

Workshops
Past workshops:
Introduction to the Bees. Held at the National Museum of Wales

Lasioglossum, Halictus and Sphecodes bees. Held at Reading

Forthcoming workshops:
Spider Wasps and Coelioxys bees. To be held at Reading and Cardiff.

2009 workshop details here

Members Handbook

The 155 page members handbook is an an invaluable aid to anyone interested in aculeates.

Atlases
members receive copies of new distribution atlases as they are published.

Membership list

Most members elect to have their name and contact address published in the newsletter. This allows members to contact other aculeate workers in their area who may be interested in joint activities - field trips, informal meetings, recording target areas which have been poorly recorded.

Above: 2006 AGM workshop

Members Handbook contents include:

Characteristics and Life-histories of the Aculeates

The Conservation of Bees, Wasps and Ants

Collecting and Preserving Aculeate Hymenoptera

Identification of Aculeates

Recording Aculeates

Encouraging Bees in the Garden

Photographing Aculeates

Check List of British Aculeates

Adult Active Months and Notes