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Nick Owens' new book - The Bees of Norfolk will be published on 1 May 2017. More information can be… Read more

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Defra issued a press release on 20 September 2016 regarding a Gloucestershire record for Asian hornet Vespa velutina
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Researchers at Liverpool University are assessing the presence of Arsenophonus bacterial symbionts in UK solitary bees and require expert… Read more

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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