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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 172 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cumbria 85 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Derbyshire 246 67 0 10 3 0 4 0 0 4.07
Greater Manchester 90 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lancashire 121 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merseyside 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Yorkshire 517 36 0 39 7 0 0 0 0 7.54
Western England Avon 219 32 0 12 9 0 0 1 0 5.48
Gloucestershire 52 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 13.46
Herefordshire 559 13 0 28 24 0 0 1 0 5.01
Shropshire 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Staffordshire 68 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.47
Warwickshire 214 13 0 14 7 0 0 1 0 6.54
West Midlands 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Worcestershire 99 3 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4.04
North East England County Durham 76 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
East Yorkshire 89 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lincolnshire 389 34 0 32 7 0 11 7 0 8.23
North Yorkshire 708 51 30 19 8 0 3 1 4.24 2.68
Northumberland 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nottinghamshire 265 47 0 16 4 0 8 4 0 6.04
South Yorkshire 93 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.08 1.08
Tyne & Wear 122 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern England Bedfordshire 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambridgeshire 272 9 0 25 16 0 0 1 0 9.19
Essex 90 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.22
Hertfordshire 129 7 0 7 4 0 0 2 0 5.43
Norfolk 473 129 0 19 7 0 0 3 0 4.02
Suffolk 166 31 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.2
South West England Cornwall 382 25 1 3 2 0 1 0 0.26 0.79
Devon 253 43 2 19 12 0 0 1 0.79 7.51
Somerset 391 82 0 19 17 0 0 0 0 4.86
Central England Berkshire 114 1 0 11 8 0 0 0 0 9.65
Buckinghamshire 49 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.04 0
Dorset 49 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 6.12
Hampshire 329 26 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.22
Isle of Wight 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leicestershire 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northamptonshire 81 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.47
Oxfordshire 213 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.41
Wiltshire 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South East England East Sussex 147 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.36
Greater London 241 13 0 16 9 0 0 0 0 6.64
Kent 386 6 0 20 12 0 0 1 0 5.18
Surrey 171 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Sussex 78 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.28
English Totals 8354 794 35 341 182 0 29 23 0.42 4.08
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 280 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.07
Angus 763 9 0 31 31 0 0 4 0 4.06
East Lothian 53 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.89
Fife 78 4 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 3.85
Inverness 20 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Kinross 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midlothian 187 0 3 14 14 0 0 1 1.6 7.49
Perthshire 1053 27 3 47 47 0 0 7 0.28 4.46
Stirling 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Lothian 108 0 0 7 7 0 0 1 0 6.48
Scottish Totals 2591 51 6 107 107 0 0 15 0.23 4.13
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 200 17 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
Dyfed 586 104 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.68 0
Gwent 39 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.56
Gwynedd 58 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mid Glamorgan 190 25 0 14 9 0 5 0 0 7.37
Powys 170 20 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.18
South Glamorgan 34 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Glamorgan 59 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh Totals 1336 182 4 19 13 0 5 0 0.3 1.42

† - 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.