BWARS is the national society dedicated to studying and recording bees, wasps & ants (aculeate Hymenoptera) in Britain & Ireland. Read more
With the launch of the NBN's Living Atlas and the closure of the NBN Gateway maps, currently it is not possible to display maps from NBN data. We hope this will soon be resolved and maps restored to the species accounts. Please be patient - we have around 900,000 records to upload, so the wait will be worth it!
Maps, photos, life histories and more...
The BWARS website contains pages for each British and Irish species of bee, wasp and ant. Most pages contain a detailed account, distribution map, photos, life history and conservation status. Features such as videos and identification advice are being added over time.
You can find species accounts in three ways
More ways to explore the site...
Visit our Diary page for an extensive list of aculeate identifcation workshops, residential courses and more.
Can you help monitor pollinating insects?
BWARS is supporting the new national Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS). The scheme is being launched this year as part of the Pollinator Monitoring and Research Partnership, which aims to combine improved analyses of long-term records with new systematic survey activity to establish how insect pollinator populations are changing across Great Britain. PoMS is looking for volunteers to help establish the scheme. Read more
