A weekend bee identification workshop led by bee expert Steven Falk and hosted by Berryfield Farm (Sally-Ann Spence) near Swindon. A fabulous location, flowery farmland and chalk downs.
£60 for 2 days. Details and booking details are here: http://www.berrycrofthub.com/store/p42/Bee_Identification_workshops_with_Steven_Falk_21st-22nd_May_or_6th-7th_August_10am-4pm.html
May 21 & 22 A weekend bee identification workshop led by bee expert Steven Falk and hosted by Berryfield Farm (Sally-Ann Spence) near Swindon. A fabulous location, flowery farmland and chalk downs.
£60 for 2 days. Details and booking details are here: http://www.berrycrofthub.com/store/p42/Bee_Identification_workshops_with_Steven_Falk_21st-22nd_May_or_6th-7th_August_10am-4pm.html
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 compiled after much painstaking work by George R. Else, Barry Bolton & Gavin R. Broad can be downloaded freely from the Biodiversity Data Journal at: http://biodiversitydatajournal.com/articles.php?id=8050
Nick Owens and Rob Coleman
National Trust Sheringham Park, North Norfolk
10.30 – 3.30
Cost £25.
Booking: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events/03d6ea63-0a67-45b2-bc07-71f70153735b/pages/details
Or Tel. 0844 249 1895
BWARS member Paddy Saunders has produced a new atlas of bumblebees Bumblebees of Cornwall and Scilly. It is available as a printed book or as free pdf from the Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly here.
Test entry for BWARS Biblio
Jones April 2016
BWARS member Steven Falk's much anticipated Field Guide to Bees of Great Britain and Ireland has been published. This is the first extensive guide to all the British and Irish bee species since Edward Saunder's 1896 tome - The Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands. The new field guide is 432 pages, with keys, species accounts and many photographs of nearly every species. In addition there are many illustrations by renowned insect illustrator Richard Lewington.
Updates and corrections for the book are being listed on Steven Falk's photostream… Read more
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 images.
A Combined indoor and field meeting at the University of Sussex for both experts and those wishing to extend their entomological interests. Ideal for students.
A series of short introductory talks on several insect groups will include comments on taxonomy, identification and collecting techniques. Participants will then have the opportunity to collect specimens on the campus and in Stanmer Park, and then process and identify their material in the lab under expert guidance.
Please book with Dr Alan Stewart (a.j.a.stewart[at]… Read more
