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Live Colony Inspections Report

Live Colony Inspections Report

Please note that the figure for colony loss (number of colonies inspected found dead) early in the year must be considered in context. Inspectors will initially visit apiaries with known disease issues or reported colony loss. The data is therefore skewed towards higher proportions of losses early in the year.

 

Colony Inspections and Foulbrood Disease in England, Scotland and Wales for 2024
Region County Colonies Inspected Colonies Dead No. of Colonies Destroyed After Diagnosis of AFB No. of Colonies Diagnosed Positive for EFB † No. of Colonies Destroyed After Diagnosis of EFB ‡ No. of Colonies Treated with Antibiotic After Diagnosis of EFB ‡ No. of Colonies Treated with Shookswarm After Diagnosis of EFB ‡ No. of Colonies Sampled But Laboratory Diagnosis Negative Percent of Inspected Colonies Which Had AFB Percent of Inspected Colonies Which Had EFB
North West England Cheshire 274 16 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.36 0
Cumbria 94 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Derbyshire 345 87 0 10 3 0 7 1 0 2.9
Greater Manchester 109 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lancashire 283 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merseyside 94 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Yorkshire 1094 71 7 57 23 0 34 13 0.64 5.21
Western England Avon 390 47 0 19 16 0 0 8 0 4.87
Gloucestershire 233 4 0 7 7 0 0 2 0 3
Herefordshire 1101 28 0 35 29 0 6 9 0 3.18
Shropshire 182 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Staffordshire 137 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.73
Warwickshire 479 48 0 24 17 0 7 5 0 5.01
West Midlands 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Worcestershire 338 31 0 20 18 0 2 8 0 5.92
North East England County Durham 89 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
East Yorkshire 219 29 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.46
Lincolnshire 822 46 0 44 12 0 32 18 0 5.35
North Yorkshire 1447 156 32 55 25 0 30 4 2.21 3.8
Northumberland 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nottinghamshire 406 58 0 19 5 0 14 13 0 4.68
South Yorkshire 250 14 1 12 8 0 4 0 0.4 4.8
Tyne & Wear 150 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern England Bedfordshire 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambridgeshire 706 33 0 42 30 0 12 15 0 5.95
Essex 433 22 0 14 6 0 8 11 0 3.23
Hertfordshire 353 17 0 7 4 0 3 1 0 1.98
Norfolk 793 158 0 19 7 0 12 4 0 2.4
Suffolk 502 46 0 19 18 0 1 4 0 3.78
South West England Cornwall 521 38 1 3 2 0 1 1 0.19 0.58
Devon 976 70 2 36 29 0 7 4 0.2 3.69
Somerset 683 92 0 35 35 0 0 9 0 5.12
Central England Berkshire 204 4 0 19 14 0 5 0 0 9.31
Buckinghamshire 127 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.79 0
Dorset 138 1 0 16 11 0 5 1 0 11.59
Hampshire 799 53 0 25 24 0 0 3 0 3.13
Isle of Wight 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leicestershire 155 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northamptonshire 253 3 0 8 7 0 1 0 0 3.16
Oxfordshire 310 13 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 0.97
Wiltshire 163 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0.61
South East England East Sussex 301 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0.66
Greater London 587 18 0 26 16 0 9 1 0 4.43
Kent 896 30 0 35 25 0 10 5 0 3.91
Surrey 512 20 0 7 7 0 0 4 0 1.37
West Sussex 411 17 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.73
English Totals 18502 1385 45 624 407 0 212 151 0.24 3.37
Region County Colonies Inspected Colonies Dead No. of Colonies Destroyed After Diagnosis of AFB No. of Colonies Diagnosed Positive for EFB † No. of Colonies Destroyed After Diagnosis of EFB ‡ No. of Colonies Treated with Antibiotic After Diagnosis of EFB ‡ No. of Colonies Treated with Shookswarm After Diagnosis of EFB ‡ No. of Colonies Sampled But Laboratory Diagnosis Negative Percent of Inspected Colonies Which Had AFB Percent of Inspected Colonies Which Had EFB
Scotland Aberdeenshire 1548 10 0 9 9 0 0 23 0 0.58
Angus 3698 10 4 38 38 0 0 15 0.11 1.03
Argyll and Bute 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ayrshire 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clackmannanshire 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dumfriesshire 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
East Lothian 123 8 1 1 1 0 0 5 0.81 0.81
Fife 402 5 0 17 17 0 0 7 0 4.23
Glasgow - The City of 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inverness 90 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.22
Kinross 100 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2
Midlothian 1165 0 3 14 14 0 0 5 0.26 1.2
Nairn 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Perthshire 5055 29 4 76 76 0 0 46 0.08 1.5
Stirling 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
West Lothian 734 0 0 7 7 0 0 1 0 0.95
Scottish Totals 12975 66 12 166 166 0 0 106 0.09 1.28
Region County Colonies Inspected Colonies Dead No. of Colonies Destroyed After Diagnosis of AFB No. of Colonies Diagnosed Positive for EFB † No. of Colonies Destroyed After Diagnosis of EFB ‡ No. of Colonies Treated with Antibiotic After Diagnosis of EFB ‡ No. of Colonies Treated with Shookswarm After Diagnosis of EFB ‡ No. of Colonies Sampled But Laboratory Diagnosis Negative Percent of Inspected Colonies Which Had AFB Percent of Inspected Colonies Which Had EFB
Wales Clwyd 339 22 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0.59
Dyfed 1226 190 6 0 0 0 0 4 0.49 0
Gwent 93 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.08
Gwynedd 358 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mid Glamorgan 324 39 0 17 11 0 6 1 0 5.25
Powys 395 63 0 4 3 0 1 1 0 1.01
South Glamorgan 46 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Glamorgan 158 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh Totals 2939 363 6 24 17 0 7 8 0.2 0.82

† - This figure may include colonies diagnosed but not yet treated.
‡ - This figure may include contact colonies which have a negative diagnosis but which are treated on request of the beekeeper.