Bee Course it's fun!

Chris Bentley
, 04 July 2017
Bee Course it's fun!
Little Colletes, Steven Falk

Twenty people came from far and wide over the weekend to attend a Bee Identification course at Rye Harbour run by well-known naturalist and entomologist and author of the 'Field Guide to the Bees of Britain and Ireland' Steven Falk, with the most well-traveled attendee making the trip all the way from from Northumberland! After a brief introduction to the ecology, taxonomy and identification of British bees the courses was split more or less evenly between microscope work, learning how to use a microscope and keys and

Bee-hunting at Castle Water. Image: Steven Falk

getting use to some of the important identification features, and visits to various parts of the reserve, where we got to see the bees in their natural environment. Over the two days around 50 species were recorded, with interesting finds including little colletes (along with it's nest parasite red-thighed epeolus), brown-banded carder bee and large garden bumblebee, and our thanks go to Steven for a very enjoyable and informative two days.

Red-thighed Epeolus. Image: Steven Falk

Leave a comment

Comments

  • Maggie Bloor:

    I have a bee with another attached to it in the garden, the larger one appears to be trying to fly off but the second one is not allowing that to happen. Just wondering what’s happening.

    05 Jul 2017 10:43:44

Time Δ Debug Message - Perch Runway 3.2
1792409072.28460 [907] SELECT p.pagePath, pr.routePattern, pr.routeRegExp, p.pageTemplate, pr.routeOrder, s.settingValue AS siteOffline FROM swt_pages_staging p LEFT JOIN swt_page_routes pr ON p.pageID=pr.pageID LEFT JOIN swt_settings s ON s.settingID='siteOffline' UNION SELECT NULL AS pagePath, pr2.routePattern, pr2.routeRegExp, pr2.templatePath AS pageTemplate, pr2.routeOrder, NULL AS siteOffline FROM swt_page_routes pr2 WHERE templateID!=0 ORDER BY routeOrder ASC, pagePath ASC
1792409072.32340.0388Matched route: news/[slug:s]
1792409072.32360.0002Server address: 216.73.216.15
1792409072.32370.0001Using master page: /templates/pages/blog/post.php
1792409072.32370Page arguments: 
Array
(
    [0] => /news/bee-course-its-fun
    [s] => bee-course-its-fun
    [1] => bee-course-its-fun
)
1792409072.3240.0003 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1792409072.32520.0012 [86] SELECT DISTINCT settingID, settingValue FROM swt_settings WHERE userID=0
1792409072.32750.0023 [1] SELECT locationID FROM swt_shop_tax_locations WHERE locationIsHome=1 LIMIT 1
1792409072.32840.0009INSERT INTO swt_shop_cart(memberID,locationID,currencyID,cartPricing,cartProperties) VALUES(NULL,'1',47,'standard','[]')
1792409072.33520.0068 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_shop_cart WHERE cartID=25093600
1792409072.33620.001 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_shop_cart WHERE cartID=25093600
1792409072.3370.0008 [nil] SELECT * FROM swt_shop_sales WHERE saleFrom<='2026-10-19 11:24:00' AND saleTo>'2026-10-19 11:24:00' AND saleActive=1 AND saleDeleted IS NULL ORDER BY saleOrder ASC
1792409072.33870.0017 [1] SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT tbl.* FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, main.*, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM swt_blog_index idx JOIN swt_blog_posts main ON idx.itemID=main.postID AND idx.itemKey='postID' JOIN swt_blog_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey='postID' AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE 1=1 AND ((idx.indexKey='postSlug' AND idx.indexValue='bee-course-its-fun')) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey=idx2.itemKey GROUP BY idx.itemID, idx2.indexValue, postID ) as tbl WHERE (postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-10-19 11:24:00' ) GROUP BY itemID, sortval ORDER BY sortval ASC LIMIT 0, 10
1792409072.34150.0029 [1] SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count`
1792409072.34220.0007 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_posts WHERE postID=1373 AND postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-10-19 11:24:00'
1792409072.34330.001 [13] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_sections ORDER BY sectionTitle ASC
1792409072.34410.0009 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blogs ORDER BY blogTitle ASC
1792409072.34490.0008 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_categories WHERE catID=70 LIMIT 1
1792409072.34550.0006 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_categories WHERE catID=36 LIMIT 1
1792409072.34610.0006Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1792409072.34630.0002 [162] SELECT catID, catPath FROM swt_categories
1792409072.34730.001 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_posts WHERE postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-10-19 11:24:00' AND postSlug='bee-course-its-fun'
1792409072.380.0327Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1792409072.38060.0005 [250] SELECT country, countryID FROM swt_shop_countries WHERE countryActive=1 ORDER BY country ASC
1792409072.38250.0019Using template: /templates/pages/attributes/seo.html
1792409072.38280.0003 [1] SELECT regionID, regionTemplate, regionPage, regionRev AS rev FROM swt_content_regions WHERE regionKey='Banner image' AND (regionPage='/news/post' OR regionPage='*')
1792409072.38390.0011 [nil] SELECT * FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, c.regionID, idx.pageID, c.itemJSON, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM swt_content_index idx JOIN swt_content_items c ON idx.itemID=c.itemID AND idx.itemRev=c.itemRev AND idx.regionID=c.regionID JOIN swt_content_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemRev=idx2.itemRev AND idx2.indexKey='_order' WHERE ((idx.regionID=104 AND idx.itemRev=0)) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemRev=idx2.itemRev ) as tbl GROUP BY itemID, pageID, itemJSON, sortval, regionID ORDER BY sortval ASC
1792409072.38550.0017 [82] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageDepth >=0 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1792409072.39010.0046 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1792409072.39110.0009 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1792409072.39430.0032Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template.html
1792409072.39430.0001 [6] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1792409072.39520.0009 [4] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1792409072.39570.0005 [29] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1792409072.39880.003 [10] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1792409072.39990.0012 [7] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1792409072.40080.0009 [9] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1792409072.40360.0028 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' OR pageSortPath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1792409072.40450.001 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageHidden=0 AND pageNew=0 AND pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition
1792409072.40770.0032 [1] Using template: /templates/navigation/breadcrumbs.html
1792409072.40820.0005Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1792409072.40840.0002 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_authors WHERE authorID='9' LIMIT 1
1792409072.40930.0008Using template: /templates/blog/author.html
1792409072.40970.0004 [1] SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT tbl.* FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, main.*, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM swt_blog_index idx JOIN swt_blog_posts main ON idx.itemID=main.postID AND idx.itemKey='postID' JOIN swt_blog_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey='postID' AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE 1=1 AND ((idx.indexKey='postSlug' AND idx.indexValue='bee-course-its-fun')) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey=idx2.itemKey GROUP BY idx.itemID, idx2.indexValue, postID ) as tbl WHERE (postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-10-19 11:24:00' ) GROUP BY itemID, sortval ORDER BY sortval ASC LIMIT 0, 1
1792409072.41260.003 [1] SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count`
1792409072.41320.0006 [1] Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1792409072.41580.0026Using template: /templates/blog/comment_form.html
1792409072.41690.001 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_comments WHERE 1=1 AND postID=1373 AND commentStatus='LIVE' ORDER BY FIELD(webmentionType, 'like', 'repost', 'comment', NULL) ASC, commentDateTime ASC
1792409072.510.0931 [1] Using template: /templates/blog/comment.html
1792409072.51060.0006Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1792409072.51080.0002 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_authors WHERE authorID='9' LIMIT 1
1792409072.51180.001 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/what-we-do' OR pageSortPath='/what-we-do' LIMIT 1
1792409072.51270.001 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-002' LIMIT 1
1792409072.51350.0008 [7] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-002%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1792409072.5170.0035 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1792409072.51780.0007 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1792409072.52080.0031 [6] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1792409072.52170.0009 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/make-a-difference' OR pageSortPath='/make-a-difference' LIMIT 1
1792409072.52250.0008 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-005' LIMIT 1
1792409072.52310.0006 [38] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-005%' ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1792409072.52660.0035 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1792409072.52730.0007 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1792409072.53020.0028 [10] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1792409072.53350.0033 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/visit' OR pageSortPath='/visit' LIMIT 1
1792409072.53450.0011 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-004' LIMIT 1
1792409072.53520.0006 [30] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-004%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1792409072.53860.0034 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1792409072.53920.0006 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1792409072.54220.003 [29] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1792409072.54470.0025 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/make-a-difference' OR pageSortPath='/make-a-difference' LIMIT 1
1792409072.54560.0009 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-005' LIMIT 1
1792409072.54620.0006 [11] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-005%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1792409072.54950.0032 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1792409072.55020.0007 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1792409072.55310.0029 [10] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1792409072.55450.0014Request time: 0.2722
1792409072.55450Process time: 0.2721
1792409072.55450Memory: 1.6229