There has been a rise in cases of EFB in the last couple of seasons and the inspectorate are hampered in their efforts to stamp it out as they do not have a register of all apiaries/beekeepers. Due to the GDP regulations beekeepers need to opt in by registering with Beebase and updating their apiary data.
Please see attached letter from our regional inspector, Colin Pavey:
Local Disease Information on BeeBase
To help yourself, your bees and other beekeepers, please join BeeBase now !