Your liability to report varroa

[Niv]

I just checked and I received 2 emails on 21st. Reason I didn't see them was because they were not in my focused emails.

 

[IndiBee]

Why don't they just say its mandatory for a beekeeper to register on beebase?

Because they have no way to enforce it.

 

[IndiBee]

Just to be clear: there is no fee to join Beebase.

yet

 

[IndiBee]

Next we will have to subscribe to beebase at a hefty fee or report each and every hive, its location job lot

Power is in the eye of the beholder - they have no power over you unless you give it to them. Can you imagine the army of people required to enforce such a rule?