Paul Williams
@paulwilliamsnhm.bsky.social
Bumblebee taxonomy / evolution / biogeography - at NHM London:
guides to the species of the Himalaya, Sichuan, North China, &
North America
working with genes & morphology
pic: Yuzhu Mt, Kunlun range
guides to the species of the Himalaya, Sichuan, North China, &
North America
working with genes & morphology
pic: Yuzhu Mt, Kunlun range
May 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The BEES were good again this week, here are my top two...
Scarcely distinguishable gorgeous ginger B. muscorum and B. laesus from Kyrgyzstan collected by Denis Michez, Villu Soon, Simone Flaminio, & Paolo Rosa
(credit to @weratedogs.com)
Scarcely distinguishable gorgeous ginger B. muscorum and B. laesus from Kyrgyzstan collected by Denis Michez, Villu Soon, Simone Flaminio, & Paolo Rosa
(credit to @weratedogs.com)
April 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The BEES were good again this week, here are my top two...
Scarcely distinguishable gorgeous ginger B. muscorum and B. laesus from Kyrgyzstan collected by Denis Michez, Villu Soon, Simone Flaminio, & Paolo Rosa
(credit to @weratedogs.com)
Scarcely distinguishable gorgeous ginger B. muscorum and B. laesus from Kyrgyzstan collected by Denis Michez, Villu Soon, Simone Flaminio, & Paolo Rosa
(credit to @weratedogs.com)
Great meeting of the UK BumbleBee Working Group with so many really interesting people in Cambridge yesterday organised by @sofiadartnell.bsky.social and Lynn Dicks
March 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Great meeting of the UK BumbleBee Working Group with so many really interesting people in Cambridge yesterday organised by @sofiadartnell.bsky.social and Lynn Dicks
Great to see the BBCT BuzzingSouthEast group at the NHM looking at super SE British bumblebees!
February 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Great to see the BBCT BuzzingSouthEast group at the NHM looking at super SE British bumblebees!
Find out what the IUCN Bumblebee Specialist Group has been up to around the world during 2024
- reports from regional coordinators
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
- reports from regional coordinators
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
February 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Find out what the IUCN Bumblebee Specialist Group has been up to around the world during 2024
- reports from regional coordinators
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
- reports from regional coordinators
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
The Greenland cuckoo bumblebee was recently revised from genes and morphology to a separate species, B. natvigi:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
January 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The Greenland cuckoo bumblebee was recently revised from genes and morphology to a separate species, B. natvigi:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Waiting for spring in Tunbridge Wells
January 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Waiting for spring in Tunbridge Wells
BUMBLEBEE STING OUT FOR MATING
- yes, the females's sting is extended for the male to access the female's genitalia during mating:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
@davegoulson.bsky.social @haringsmapieter.bsky.social
- yes, the females's sting is extended for the male to access the female's genitalia during mating:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
@davegoulson.bsky.social @haringsmapieter.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
BUMBLEBEE STING OUT FOR MATING
- yes, the females's sting is extended for the male to access the female's genitalia during mating:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
@davegoulson.bsky.social @haringsmapieter.bsky.social
- yes, the females's sting is extended for the male to access the female's genitalia during mating:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
@davegoulson.bsky.social @haringsmapieter.bsky.social
An intriguing specimen - the thorax and abdomen are of the recently described short-faced bumblebee Bombus rainai, but the head is glued on from a long-faced bumblebee, although two of the ocelli are almost completely fused - a new species???
December 1, 2024 at 3:00 PM
An intriguing specimen - the thorax and abdomen are of the recently described short-faced bumblebee Bombus rainai, but the head is glued on from a long-faced bumblebee, although two of the ocelli are almost completely fused - a new species???
Award for worst photo of B terrestris for 2024, but queens and workers out today in a not so sunny Tunbridge Wells
November 30, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Award for worst photo of B terrestris for 2024, but queens and workers out today in a not so sunny Tunbridge Wells
Great to have Dr Rifat Raina visiting the NHM London to look at our Himalayan bumblebees
November 28, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Great to have Dr Rifat Raina visiting the NHM London to look at our Himalayan bumblebees
Bumblebee (Bombus pyrosoma) having a bad day thanks to a hornet (Vespa bicolor)
November 25, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Bumblebee (Bombus pyrosoma) having a bad day thanks to a hornet (Vespa bicolor)
Assessing threats to bumblebee species around the world for conservation action using the IUCN Red List criteria
- the BumbleBee Specialist Group Annual Report summarises successes and challenges from the different regional groups in 2023
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
- the BumbleBee Specialist Group Annual Report summarises successes and challenges from the different regional groups in 2023
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
November 22, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Assessing threats to bumblebee species around the world for conservation action using the IUCN Red List criteria
- the BumbleBee Specialist Group Annual Report summarises successes and challenges from the different regional groups in 2023
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
- the BumbleBee Specialist Group Annual Report summarises successes and challenges from the different regional groups in 2023
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
My, what BIG TEETH you have! - the evolution of specialist flower-robbing bumblebees (Alpigenobombus) world-wide - but what are the costs & benefits of nectar robbing for these bees?
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
November 19, 2024 at 9:38 AM
My, what BIG TEETH you have! - the evolution of specialist flower-robbing bumblebees (Alpigenobombus) world-wide - but what are the costs & benefits of nectar robbing for these bees?
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
How did bumblebees spread around the world? Turns out Skorikov pretty much nailed it 100 years ago. Find out more:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
November 15, 2024 at 8:03 AM
How did bumblebees spread around the world? Turns out Skorikov pretty much nailed it 100 years ago. Find out more:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Barcodes appear to show a flush of unrecognised species among Mexican bumblebees, but at least some of them may be explained by barcode-like pseudogenes - we begin to explore this for the weisi-complex (pic of B. weisi worker in Chiapas 2023)
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
November 14, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Barcodes appear to show a flush of unrecognised species among Mexican bumblebees, but at least some of them may be explained by barcode-like pseudogenes - we begin to explore this for the weisi-complex (pic of B. weisi worker in Chiapas 2023)
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
BUMBLEBEES OF THE HIMALAYA -
pdf now available from ResearchGate - keys and 337 colour-pattern diagrams, designed for precision IDs in the lab, this is not a field guide (a lockdown project so no opportunities for pics of live bees or characters)
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
pdf now available from ResearchGate - keys and 337 colour-pattern diagrams, designed for precision IDs in the lab, this is not a field guide (a lockdown project so no opportunities for pics of live bees or characters)
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
November 14, 2024 at 5:57 PM
BUMBLEBEES OF THE HIMALAYA -
pdf now available from ResearchGate - keys and 337 colour-pattern diagrams, designed for precision IDs in the lab, this is not a field guide (a lockdown project so no opportunities for pics of live bees or characters)
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
pdf now available from ResearchGate - keys and 337 colour-pattern diagrams, designed for precision IDs in the lab, this is not a field guide (a lockdown project so no opportunities for pics of live bees or characters)
www.researchgate.net/publication/...