Interesting project

[Motobiman]

'Licence plated' bees released to find top London spot
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36578310

 

[Erichalfbee]

Fascinating
I hear folk are taking a day off work to look for them.

 

[pargyle]

Are they bumble bees as in the photo then ?

Seems a bit random to me - if they are not flying from a colony and just bees randomly set free I can't really see what the study is going to tell us ....

Bit like letting a whole load of balloons free and seeing where they land ..

About as much use as the Friends of the Earth Bee Count ... Perhaps there's more to it.

 

[Motobiman]

It says its only to do with where pollinators preferred feeding areas are in London and makes no mention of restricting it to honey bees.

Mind you I kind of agree in that a few dozen students with clipboards could do the same thing.

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Queen Mary University biologists hope the project will establish what are bees' preferred patches in which to pollinate in London.

 

[B+.]

'Licence plated' bees released to find top London spot
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36578310

I put these opilath plates (Opalithplätchen) on my queens as soon as they emerge. They are tiny! Believe me, you'd be hard pressed to photograph a number that you could read. I have to use an opti-visor to read them clearly