Paul Williams
@PaulWilliamsNHM
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Bumblebee specialist @NHM_London co-author 'Bumble bees of North America' & guides to species of the Himalaya, Sichuan, and North China https://t.co/jP2gQFIKdY
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK
Joined November 2018
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)
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RT @sphaerularia: Thank you! And what an honour to be appointed Director of the amazing @ZoologyMuseum Sad to leave @RHULBioSci after a won….
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RT @BumblebeeTrust: How do you help bumblebees? 🐝. This #BeesNeedsWeek we're celebrating the UK's bumblebees and we want to hear how you he….
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RT @campbellclaret: Hi there. I used to be a reasonable Republican. And I sat and watched Trump and Vance behave like a couple of schoolyar….
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RT @orange_pelican: サワギキョウで盗蜜してるっぽいオオマルハナバチのオス。齧って穴を開けているのではなく、おしべの下をくぐらずに側面から舌を差し込んでいるように見えました。.Bombus hypocrita
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RT @orange_pelican: 燃え盛る炎のように美しいトラマルハナバチのオス。毎年見ているにも関わらず、トラマルのオスや新女王の美しさにはいつも心を打たれます。.Bombus diversus
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RT @UNIFIL_: Yet again, we note that breaching a UN position and damaging UN assets is a flagrant violation of international law and Securi….
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RT @eurotaxonomy: How #training and #education are crucial for #biodiversity protection. Read the article on . 👀 ht….
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RT @simon_schama: There is now a distinct and monstrous possibility that the presidency will be taken by someone who loses the popular vote….
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RT @JosepBorrellF: Another line has been dangerously crossed in Lebanon: IDF shelling of @UN peacekeepers whose positions are known. We c….
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RT @Claire_Carvell: This is one of several clover leys near our village, thriving on the waterlogged fields. Surprised to see quite a few m….
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If you are interested in how bumblebees evolved and spread around the world, you might like .
Have you ever seen such a strikingly-coloured bumblebee? 🤩. The beautiful Bombus kashmirensis is found in the Himalayas - the birthplace of bumblebees! This is just one of the species you can learn about at our exciting event this Sunday. 📷 - Paul Williams.@BumblebeeTrust
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RT @nikkigammans: Have you ever seen such a strikingly-coloured bumblebee? 🤩. The beautiful Bombus kashmirensis is found in the Himalayas -….
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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).
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RT @JillBelch: UK, if California can do it, we can!.California says no to bee killing pesticides on public lands.
environmentamerica.org
With a new rule on habitat, plus an existing law and a new bill on the governor's desk, California is beginning to address the problem of bee-killing pesticides.
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RT @ZoolJLinnSoc: Bumblebees, cute mysteries of the sky. Still understudied, the evolution of their mitochondrial DNA is found to support t….
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RT @AglaiaBouma: Help mee onderzoeken waar akkerhommels overwinteren! .Het raadsel van de overwinterende akkerhommels .
naturetoday.com
De akkerhommel is een van de meest algemene hommelsoorten in Nederland die in bijna elke tuin voorkomt. Toch weten we vrijwel niets over de plekken waar de koninginnen van deze soort overwinteren.
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