Take a walk on the wildside to see some of Britain’s solitary bee species and other associated insects. Bee suits not required. The venue is Puttenham Common, which is outside our normal area but has the advantage of a large free car park and plenty of ragwort and heather flowers to attract bees.
The venue is the Top Car Park (do not go to other car parks on the Common), off Suffield Lane, south of Puttenham village, GU3 1BE; What3words hazelnuts.title.year. There is usually a coffee stall in the car park, which will be the meeting point. No toilets. Bring refreshments for a social gathering after the meeting.
If you are attending this meeting, you must let me know by emailing ahalstead44@btinternet.com If the weather forecast for Saturday is not good, the meeting will be postponed until the following day. If there is a large attendance it may be necessary to split the attendees into manageable sized groups for the guided tour.
Andrew Halstead
This should be an unusual meeting of great interest, where we shall be introduced to bees other than our own with which they are said by some to be in competition – or are they?