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How to spot and report bee pests and diseases.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export bees to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Information for beekeepers about inspections the Animal and Plant Health Agency carries out on colonies, veterinary medicine records and honey samples.
How to nominate yourself or someone else for a Bees' Needs champion award, and how to get involved in Bees’ Needs week.
The Building Energy Efficiency Survey (BEES) 2014–15 sets out to improve and update the evidence of how energy is used, and to provide an assessment of the abatement opportunities for all non-domestic premises across England and Wales.
Bees' Needs Week launches for 2023, encouraging everyone to protect pollinators
Guidance for vets and beekeepers on importing bee medicines when a product authorised in the UK is not suitable or available.
Project to improve and update evidence of how energy is used, and an assessment of the abatement opportunities for all non-domestic premises across England and Wales.
How Defra will use your personal information when you submit a nomination for a Bees' Needs champion award.
The bees use pulsed thoracic vibrations to communicate information to advertise food sources
Strategy to protect pollinating insects which support our food production and the diversity of our environment.
You must notify DARD if you import honeybees into Northern Ireland
Use these forms and guidance document to export irradiated bee pollen for feeding bumble bees, to Canada.
The researchers conducted a study to identify the major pollen sources in the southwest of Ethiopia
This article examines the best hive to use to obtain the maximum yield of honey in the country
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