The Bee fauna of Astbury is incredibly diverse, Bumblebees and Honey Bee may be the most familiar. The remaining species exhibit a range of social and solitary lifestyles , many are Cuckoo's that take over the nest cells of other species. Many Bee species are in decline and more recording is needed to help determine changes in abundance. The Field Guide to Bees of Great Britain and Ireland by Steven Falk is a must for identification purposes superbly illustrated by Richard Lewington. If anybody would like to help us record and document the species at Astbury please get in touch with either a Ranger , Jack ,Mark or myself. Below is a list of what we found and photographed this year.
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Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Tree Bumblebee
Early Bumblebee
Red-tailed Bumblebee
White-tailed Bumblebee
Garden Bumblebee
Common Carder Bee
Hairy-footed Flower Bee
Honey Bee
Ashy Mining Bee
Clark's Mining Bee
Gwynne's Mining Bee
Tawny Mining Bee
Sandpit Mining Bee
Red Mason Bee
Fabricius Nomad Bee
Sandpit Blood Bee
Gooden's Mining Bee
Early Nomad Bee
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