Dear Mr Harvey,
I note that your first reply to my entry regarding the sighting of Bombus ruderarius has been completely re written.
I have deleted that entry as a result. I feel that the coments made were quite unnesesary.
Requests for information from ordinary everyday observers are frequently being made by the "experts" who then seem to reject them out of hand.
I dont think that I can bring myself to report further sightings, however important, as this is not the first time I have been made to feel uncomfortable by comments made.
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