Australian Bees in the UK?

[Michael Palmer]

Are they sending Australian bees to you? They do to North America. Hopefully this will stop the flow. Apis cerana also carries Tropilaelaps, and if we get that we're really in trouble.


http://live.ezezine.com/ezine/archives/1636/16362014.10.08.12.58.archive.html

 

[Apple]

Probably through the back door into and EU country.
Millions of bees imported legally into the UK from Italy, now officially the place to get SHB!
Hairy Chinese Crabs in the the River Thames!
Japanese sea squirts have decimated areas once populated by the endemic European marine mole, alas now said to be extinct. ( although they say there have been reports of it hanging on in the Isle of Man.
Where will it all end?




James

 

[Hivemaker.]

Are they sending Australian bees to you?

Yes, queens are imported from Australia.

 

[mbc]

Yes, queens are imported from Australia.

I saw that on beebase too, curious as elsewhere I've read that NZ is the only "third country" where bee imports are allowed from.

 

[Hivemaker.]

I saw that on beebase too, curious as elsewhere I've read that NZ is the only "third country" where bee imports are allowed from.

And Argentina.

 

[Apple]

Yes, queens are imported from Australia.

I thought Dame Edna had retired!



James

 

[Hivemaker.]

Icanhopit reincarnated again.

 

[Black Comb]

where is he these days?

 

[Norton]

Emigrated to OZ.

 

[Stiffy]

Icanhopit reincarnated again.

Ohhhhhh nooooooooooo!!!!!!

 

[Stiffy]

where is he these days?

Think he had a spat with our Fin friend and then turned into a Troll for a while. Last heard off peddling his sausage down the Tamar!
S

 

[Apple]

where is he these days?

Not me!

Crossing the Exe to see "Rooftops" to acquire some of his old beekeeping kit was traumatic enough.


James

 

[alanf]

Are they sending Australian bees to you?

Only queens, and not many. The official word is http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/downloadDocument.cfm?id=2

2. You cannot import packaged bees from any country outside the EU (except New Zealand) (see further details in paragraph 11 on page 7).

Para 11 just names the regulation and the paperwork needed. We can import queens from specified countries which include Australia, but most are actually from NZ and Argentina.

In 2013 there were 8,242 queens imported officially from within EU. Of which 4,263 were from Greece. From outside, 240 from Argentina, 540 from NZ. Packages: 2309 all from EU, of which 1000 were from Italy (NBU SE Inspector's annual report).

Looking back through the reports it looks like imports from outside the EU have fallen off in recent years. 2011 saw over 1700 queens imported and that included the last official import of queens from Aus. Seems small scale compared with your 1500 a year Michael (IIRC).

 

[Hivemaker.]

2011 saw over 1700 queens imported and that included the last official import of queens from Aus.

Not quite, there have been a few this year from Australia, Ten.

 

[alanf]

Not quite, there have been a few this year from Australia, Ten.

Found it:
http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/public/BeeDiseases/importReport.cfm?year=2014

Only those 10 recorded so far. None from NZ, Argentina or anywhere else outside EU at all shown. Sounds like a specific project...

9875 from within EU BTW.