I have seen similar behaviour by other species of Bombus workers (I think they were B. lucorum or B. terrestris, but would have to search through a few years...
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Charles
charlieblogger
Jun 15, 2013 3:52 pm
I'm just back from a workingholiday on Mull and (apologies if this location is 'old news') visited a remarkable garden near Dervaig built by Lucy Mackenzie...
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louise_in_northumberl...
louise_in_no...
Jun 15, 2013 4:36 pm
Hi Charlie, I am so envious - we were at Lip na Cloiche last year and it was superb! I managed to record some bumblebees plus there were quite a few Andrena...
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Charles
charlieblogger
Jun 15, 2013 5:14 pm
Hi Louise It's a remarkable garden - could've spent all day there! Out of interest, you say you recorded bumblebees - was one of them B. muscorum? I'm not...
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louise_in_northumberl...
louise_in_no...
Jun 15, 2013 5:36 pm
Hi Charlie, I did not record B. muscorum at Lip-na-Cloiche, but I did see it at one site on Mull. I too find it diffiuclt to seperate between the two carders,...
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Murdo Macdonald
eristalinus
Jun 15, 2013 5:46 pm
There are only two other recent records of A. cineraria from Scotland - Mull in 1988 (I Christie) and mine from Morvern just across the water from Mull in...
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Charles
charlieblogger
Jun 15, 2013 5:47 pm
Hi again I've added a photo to the folder 'Great Chalfield' of one particular carder bee from Lip na Cloiche - I'd be very interested to know what you think. ...
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Charles
charlieblogger
Jun 15, 2013 6:05 pm
Hi Murdo Of course - though I'm a complete amateur compared with Louise and yourself and recorded very few aculeates (was on Mull to show a group birds really,...
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bwars@yahoogroups.com
Jun 15, 2013 6:10 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the bwars group. File : /Great...
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bwars@yahoogroups.com
Jun 15, 2013 6:11 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the bwars group. File : /Great...
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louise_in_northumberl...
louise_in_no...
Jun 15, 2013 6:17 pm
Hi Charlie, It is really difficult to tell from a photo - and I am not sure about your photo ......sorry not to be more definite. Louise...
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Charles
charlieblogger
Jun 15, 2013 6:21 pm
Hi Louise Please don't apologise - actually I'm happier that you said it was hard to say for definite rather than tell me why it was one or the other: sort of...
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Luker, Sally
sallyluker2
Jun 15, 2013 7:47 pm
Thanks - will keep my eyes open for similar action! ___________________________________ Sally Luker - PhD Researcher Centre for Ecology and Conservation ...
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Murdo Macdonald
eristalinus
Jun 15, 2013 8:02 pm
The carder strictly can't be identified for sure, but I would eat my boots if it were to turn out to be muscorum. Â Lack of black hairs is irrelevant. Â B....
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Jim Jobe
jimjobe1
Jun 16, 2013 9:14 am
Hi Chris, Can it be that there's another valve lover (ECF82) on the forum? Jim ________________________________ From: ecf82 <user@...> To:...
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louise_in_northumberl...
louise_in_no...
Jun 16, 2013 10:49 am
Hi Murdo, That's really helpful, as I have been going more by the gaster hair colour than anything else! Thanks Louise...
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Charlie Moores
charlieblogger
Jun 17, 2013 7:51 am
Hi Murdo I wouldn't want you eating your boots! For someone anxious to learn, what do you mean by a completely different colour though? I'm assuming you don't ...
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oceanlis2000
Jun 17, 2013 9:54 am
Hello Everyone I read on the BWARS pages that Nomada have species groups such as ruficornis Does anyone have a list of the species groups for the UK? Thank you...
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dw1305
Jun 17, 2013 12:08 pm
Hi all, I've been watching the bees in the garden, where I have a lot of Alliums, hardy Geraniums and Aquilegia flowering. I've found that Allium siculum...
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Charles
charlieblogger
Jun 17, 2013 6:40 pm
Dear All I was hoping not to waste anyone's time with this by working out what it is (at least to genus), but I photo'd a black-faced, red-legged wasp on Mull...
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Murdo Macdonald
eristalinus
Jun 17, 2013 8:49 pm
B. muscorum in Scotland has typically a very rich red-brown thorax, sometimes approached by pascuorum, but the clincher is the colour of the gaster.  B....
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Stuart
cipeen
Jun 18, 2013 8:18 am
In the past few days I have observed many of what seem to be queens gathering pollen. Species are B. terrestris, B. pascuorum, B. pratorum and B. lucorum...
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nigel.gilligan@...
nigel.gillig...
Jun 18, 2013 9:16 am
Hi Stuart. I have noted something similar. I haven't seen any B terrestris for many weeks. My first queen was 28th Feb, then little observed after. Obviously...
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dw1305
Jun 18, 2013 2:54 pm
Hi all, I went out this morning at about 07:00, it was overcast but already there were plenty of bees visiting the Allium siculum flowers. They were nearly all...
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marc_carlton_2
Jun 18, 2013 5:22 pm
With regard to the recent post about B. hypnorum apparently collecting honeydew, I noticed in the garden today a number of B. hypnorum workers persistently...
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A HALSTEAD
ahalstead44...
Jun 18, 2013 5:46 pm
Hi Marc, The aphid on the cherry tree is likely to be Myzus cerasi. Best wishes Andrew Halstead ________________________________ From: marc_carlton_2...
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louise_in_northumberl...
louise_in_no...
5:32 am
Hi Darrel, I too have Nectaroscordum siculum in my garden and find that the bees love it, especially B. pratorum and B. lapidarius. I haven't yet seen a B....
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Stuart Roberts
eucera
8:35 am
With regard to the recent posts about B. hypnorum apparently collecting honeydew: My garden is surrounded by a large Beech hedge and every year this becomes...
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Nigel Gilligan
nigel.gillig...
10:11 am
I assume this is an Andrena species, but I’m not much good at ID’ing anything but the obvious. I have just checked Jeremy Early’s list of Aculeates for...
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Villu
kuldherilane
7:29 pm
http://i-map.vn/wp-content/themes/toolbox/flickr.php?ldov892dne.htm kuldherilane Villu _______________ Unless it's a Microsoft Power User Demon Program From...
