28 September 2017
Nests of rare small scabious mining bees have been recorded
for the first time in the Cairngorms.
The sites were discovered as part of the three-year Rare
Invertebrates in the Cairngorms project.
Conservationists will now be able to study the bees at their
nests in an effort to better understand the insects' behaviour
The project has also found 11 rare pine hoverfly larvae, two
of them at RSPB Scotland's Abernethy reserve.
The hoverflies have not been seen at Abernethy for five years.
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