Ants, Bees and Wasps

Useful guidance and links for anyone wishing to study this group can be found on the Bees Wasps and Ants Recording Society Website. For help with identification, visit our Species Identification Guides page.

Major Publications

• The Hymenoptera of Suffolk. Part 1: Aculeata. C. Morley (1899) Available online
• The Hymenoptera of Suffolk: Part i. C. Morley (1935) vol. 3
• The Hymenoptera of Suffolk: Part ii. C. Morley (1936) vol. 3
• The Hymenoptera of Suffolk: Final Part. C. Morley (1937) vol. 3
• The Wasps and Bees (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Breckland and Suffolk Sandlings. M.E. Archer (1987) 
• Wasps and bees (Hymenoptera) in the Suffolk Sandlings and management for the conservation of these insects. M. Edwards (1998) vol. 34
• The Bumblebees of Suffolk. A.P. Knowles (2012) vol. 47
• The social wasps (Vespa, Vespula and Dolichovespula, Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Suffolk. A. Knowles (2013) vol. 49
• A review of the solitary bees (Hymenoptera) of Suffolk. A. Knowles (2017) vol. 53
• A review of the Solitary Wasps (Hymenoptera) of Suffolk, Part 1. A. Knowles (2018) vol. 54
• Further notes on the Solitary Bees (Hymenoptera) of Suffolk. A. Knowles (2018) vol. 54

Papers from Suffolk Natural History

• Aculeate Hymenoptera Recorder's Report 2023. A. Knowles (2023) vol. 59
• Records of the Black Mining Bee, Andrena pilipes, in my Felixstowe garden. P. Oldfield (2023) vol. 59
• Pemphredon austriaca (Kohl, 1888) (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) new to Suffolk. A. Knowles (2023) vol. 59
• Exetastes maurus, a new Banchine Wasp for Suffolk (2022) vol. 58
• Hymenoptera Report 2022. A. Knowles (2022) vol. 58
• Aculeate Hymenoptera Recorder's Report 2021. A. Knowles (2021) vol. 57
• Suffolk Hymenopterists and their associates. A. Knowles (2020) vol. 56
• Aculeate Hymenoptera Recorder's Report 2020. A. Knowles (2020) vol. 56
• Andrena bucephala (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) new to Suffolk. M. Ferris (2020) vol. 56
• Hymenoptera Recorder's Report 2019. A. Knowles (2019) vol. 55
• Hymenoptera Recorder's Report 2018. A. Knowles (2018) vol. 54
• An investigation into the foraging resources of the solitary bee Lasioglossum sexnotatum (Kirby, 1802) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). A. Knowles (2017) vol. 53
• Hymenoptera Recorder's Report 2017. A. Knowles (2017) vol. 53
• Hymenoptera Recorder's Report 2015–16. A. Knowles (2016) vol. 52
• Andrena florea Fabricius, 1793 new to Suffolk. A. Knowles (2015) vol. 51
• Hymenoptera Recorder's Report 2013–14. A. Knowles (2014) vol. 50
• Bumblebee Bonanza at Framlingham. T. Gardiner (2013) vol. 49
• Hymenoptera Recorder's report 2012. A. Knowles (2012) vol. 48
• Hymenoptera Recorder's report 2010. A. Knowles (2010) vol. 46
• Heriades truncorum (Linnaeus 1758) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) – new to Suffolk. A. Knowles (2009) vol. 45
• Bees and Bottlebrush. M.J. Kirby (2009) vol. 45
• Bee watching – observations of a Mason bee, Osmia bicolor, concealing its nest in a snail shell. R. Parker (2008) vol. 45
• Aculeate Hymenoptera Recorder's Report for 2006–2007. A. Knowles (2008) vol. 44
• Bumblebees robbing Penstemon flowers. M.J. Kirby (2008) vol. 44
• Making the most of it: Ants, Bees and Wasps on arable farmland. M. Edwards (2008) vol. 44
• Aculeate Hymenoptera Recorder's Report for 2005. A. Knowles (2006) vol. 42
• Aculeate Hymenoptera Recorder's Report for 2003/2004. A. Knowles (2005) vol. 41
• The Wasps and Bees (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of Rampart Field and West Stow Country Park in Suffolk. M.E. Archer (2005) vol. 41
• Aculeate Hymenoptera Recorder's Report for 2002. A. Knowles (2003) vol. 39
• Aculeate Hymenoptera Recorder's Report for 2001. A. Knowles & P. Lee (2002) vol. 38
• Aculeate Hymenoptera Recorder's Annual Report 2000. A. Knowles & P. Lee (2001) vol. 37
• Aculeate Hymenoptera Recorder's Report 1999. P. Lee (2000) vol. 37
• Three species of gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) new to Suffolk. J.P. Bowdrey (1993) vol. 29
• Horn-tails and Ichneumonid parasites. H.E. Chipperfield (1984) vol. 20
• Norwegian wasp. W.E. Lewis (1984) vol. 20
• Social wasps in Suffolk. G.D. Heathcote (1983) vol. 19
• Notes on some Suffolk sawflies. E. Milne-Redhead (1982) vol. 18
• Chelostoma campanularum Kirby, Hymenoptera. E. Milne-Redhead (1978) vol. 17
• The Study of Wild Bees. P.A. Raccy (1968) vol. 14
• Some Further Observations on the Habits of the Field Digger Wasp. H.J. Boreham (1962) vol. 12
• Some Habits of the Red-Legged Spider Hunting Wasp. H.J. Boreham (1961) vol. 12
• Some Habits of the Solitary Wasp Gorytes fargeii. H.J. Boreham (1959) vol. 11
• The Life and Habits of the Solitary Bee Megachile ligneseca. H.J. Boreham (1959) vol. 11
• Some Details of the Life and Habits of the Digger Wasp Metacrabro quadricinctus. H.J. Boreham (1958) vol. 11
• Life and Habits of Common Digger Wasps. H.J. Boreham (1955) vol. 9
• Life and Habits of Silver Spring Digger Wasps. H.J. Boreham (1955) vol. 9
• Life and Habits of the Solitary Bee. H.J. Boreham (1954) vol. 9
• White-Mouthed Digger Wasp. H.J. Boreham (1954) vol. 9
• White-mouthed Digger-Wasp. H.J. Boreham (1953) vol. 8
• Further observations on the Field Digger Wasp, Mellinus arvensis. H.J. Boreham (1953) vol. 8
• Further observations on the Field Digger Wasp. H.J. Boreham (1952) vol. 8
• Life History of Digger Wasp, Mellinus arvensis. H.J. Boreham (1951) vol. 7
• On Coelocryptus rufinus, Grav., an Ichneumon New to Suffolk. C. Morley (1950) vol. 7
• Wasp's Novel Tactics. E.G. Crickmore (1949) vol. 7
• British Distribution of Phygadeuon (Ichneumonidae), with Description of Some Species New to Science. C. Morley (1946) vol. 6
• An Ichneumonid New to Science. C. Morley (1945) vol. 5
• On Platymischus dilatatus, Westw., parasite of a Seaweed Fly. C. Morley (1934) vol. 2
• On a Pine Sawfly and its Parasites. J.C. Robbins (1931) vol. 1
• Catalogue of British Oxyura. C. Morley (1931) vol. 1