The dotted bee-fly (Bombylius discolour): A report on survey and research work undertaken between 1999 and 2003

Published source details Gibbs D. (2004) The dotted bee-fly (Bombylius discolour): A report on survey and research work undertaken between 1999 and 2003. Natural England (English Nature) report, English Nature Research Report 583.
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	Provide artificial nest sites for solitary bees Action Link

Provide artificial nest sites for solitary bees

A small-scale study with three replicates tested soil filled nest boxes for the mining bee Andrena fulvipes, a host of the Nationally Scarce dotted bee-fly Bombylius discolor in the UK. These nest boxes were not occupied, despite being placed alongside active colonies of nesting bees (Gibbs 2004).

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