Introduction to Solitary Bees
There are around 250 species of solitary bee. Find out how to identify them and where to find them, and learn about their ecology.
There are around 250 species of solitary bee. Find out how to identify them and where to find them, and learn about their ecology.
What bee have you found? Read the best guide to identifying solitary bees that can be found in the UK. Here are a few you may have spotted!
Steve Crellin will be leading this session, looking for the beautiful and busy solitary bees and wasps which favour the sandy banks by the Salt Marshes.
Bumblebee ID Day with Bee Enthusiast Ron Rock
Tucklesholme is a former gravel pit which is being restored back to a wetland habitat. It provides a home for a number of key breeding bird species that specialise in this open wetland environment…
Burton Riggs is a valuable and popular green space, offering easy access to nature and a spot of serenity bounded by industrial units and the railway line on the edge of Scarborough.
Braintree Local Group are looking for a Events Co-Ordinator to arrange the Local Group's events.
One of our largest and most impressive solitary wasps, the bee wolf digs a nest in sandy spots and hunts honey bees.
A microcosm of different habitats within one site - various woodland, carr, wet and dry heath, two large ponds and bogs
Unimproved grassland and diverse hedges comprise this wildlife rich reserve. Plantlife is especially abundant and is able to flourish under the traditional hay meadow management.
This black and grey solitary bee takes to the wing in spring, when it can be seen buzzing around burrows in open ground.