Beginner Bumblebee Identification for BeeWalk Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Learn how to ID bumblebee species and monitor them with Shrill Carder bee officer Tom Bucher-Flynn

Join Bumblebee Conservation trust Shrill carder bee project officer Tom Bucher-Flynn to get to know the bumblebees of Cardiff

At this session you will:

• become familiar with different species of bumblebee
• learn identifying features of bumblebees
• discover the BeeWalk methodolgy and how bumblebees are currently monitored
• have the opportunity to sign up as volunteer as a BeeWalk volunteer

BeeWalk is the Bumblebee Conservation Trusts standardised bumblebee-monitoring scheme active across the UK, recording the abundance of each bumblebee species seen between March and October. Volunteer BeeWalkers walk a fixed monitoring route (a transect) once a month between March and October inclusive, recording the abundance of each bumblebee species seen.You can find out more and sign up as a volunteer here: Home | BeeWalk Survey Scheme

This is a classroom learning event.

This event is free and is suitable for adults of all abilities, including absolute beginners