24 March 2021 Beekeeping Associations, from all around the UK, are in agreement that the importation of bees from overseas is totally against best practises for the protection of our environment. The problem is that at least one beekeeping business has said that they want to import bees to the UK through Northern Ireland. The bees they are sourcing come from southern Italy where a serious invasive species and parasite of bees, the Small Hive Beetle is established. The inspections on bees are extremely limited and we are fearful that a small, clubbed antenna, beetle will be able to evade their scrutiny and be imported to the mainland. We have started a parliamentary petition and we are asking you all to please sign it: Petition: Stop the importation of honey bees into GB from the EU via Northern Ireland In 2015, the Annual Delegates Meeting of the British Beekeepers Association, which represents more than 25,000 beekeepers, said very cle...
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