Dear Association Members
You may be aware that over recent
months DEFRA has been working on a Bee Health Strategy to set
out the way in which DEFRA and the beekeeping community as a
whole will work over the next ten years. BBKA, BFA, Honey packers,
Equipment suppliers, etc have been a party to the construction
of the bee health strategy. It has now been released for a period
of public consultation, until August 29th 2008, and can be found,
along with response forms at:
www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/bee-health/index.htm
Please check this out and feel free
to make your comments. Do try to ensure that as many of your
members as possible can see this document or know where it can
be found. It is hoped that printed copies will be available
at the Stoneleigh convention. I will also have some hard copies
for beekeepers who have difficulties accessing the website.
I would also be pleased to hear any
comments that you may have. This is an important document and
will shape the future of beekeeping in the future.
Looking forward to hearing from you
Regards
Alan
For further information about bee disease in the South
East please contact:
Alan Byham, CSL Regional Bee Inspector. Tel. 01306 611016
Email a.byham@csl.gov.uk
National Bee Unit Website:
beebase.csl.gov.uk
National Bee Unit - Tel. 01904 462559
Email a.byham@csl.gov.uk
National Bee Unit Website:
beebase.csl.gov.uk
National Bee Unit - Tel. 01904 462559
