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A visual guide to distinguishing carder bumblebees by Steven Falk

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A visual guide to distinguishing black bodied, red tailed bumblebees by Steven Falk

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Identifying wild bees with Steven Falk at Charmouth.

Dates: June 13-14 2020.

Specially chosen to visit some of the most exciting and richest bee habitats in Britain. Based at Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre in Charmouth, Dorset (approximate postcode: DT6 6LR) with an excursion to Golden Cap SSSI and the Lyme Regis undercliffs.

Approximate price £80. Could be less if fully booked. Non-residential.

To book, and for further details, it is essential to contact Alex Butler apdbutler88@gmail.com

 

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Download the workshop presentation given by Juho Paukkunen at the BWARS Members' Weekend 2019. The presentation outlines key characters for separating the 13 British species of the cryptic Chrysis ignita group. Juho cautioned that colour characters given in the Nordic and Baltic Chrysididae key (Paukkunen et al., 2015) are not reliable for British specimens:

Juho Paukkunen, Alexander Berg, Villu Soon, Frode Ødegaard and Paolo Rosa. 2015 An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species.

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Workshop presentation given by Juho Paukkunen at the BWARS Members' Weekend 2019. The presentation outlines key characters for separating the 13 British species of the cryptic Chrysis ignita group. Juho cautioned that colour characters given in the Nordic and Baltic Chrysididae key (Paukkunen et al., 2015) are not reliable for British specimens:

Juho Paukkunen, Alexander Berg, Villu Soon, Frode Ødegaard and Paolo Rosa. 2015 An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species.… Read more

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The 2019 AGM draft programme can be downloaded here

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2019 BWARS AGM final programme

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This is a corrected version of the key to Vespidae wasps, issued in the BWARS Newsletter (Spring 2019 issue).

The correction relates to one character which had been transposed in the male Dolichovespula part of the key.

Download the key here

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Key to Wasps of the family Vespidae - corrected version 4
Issued 26 September 2019

This is a corrected version of the key to Vespidae wasps, issued in the BWARS Newsletter (Spring 2019 issue).

The correction relates to one character which had been transposed in the male Dolichovespula part of the key.

Male Vespula are now excluded from the key as it has become apparent that more work is required regarding separating the species rleiably.

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Details of the BWARS AGM and Members' Weekend 2019 can be found in the diary