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.
23/11/2023 - an issue with the number of colonies treated with shook swarm is being investigated.
| 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 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.19 |
| Cumbria | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derbyshire | 113 | 46 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.19 | |
| Greater Manchester | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lancashire | 41 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Merseyside | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| West Yorkshire | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Western England | Avon | 44 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.36 |
| Gloucestershire | 35 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Herefordshire | 137 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.06 | |
| Shropshire | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Staffordshire | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Warwickshire | 40 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | |
| Worcestershire | 43 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | |
| North East England | County Durham | 55 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Yorkshire | 75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lincolnshire | 220 | 27 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12.73 | |
| North Yorkshire | 224 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.02 | |
| Northumberland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nottinghamshire | 116 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.03 | |
| South Yorkshire | 52 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.92 | |
| Tyne & Wear | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eastern England | Bedfordshire | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 204 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.31 | |
| Essex | 42 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hertfordshire | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norfolk | 177 | 36 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.04 | |
| Suffolk | 50 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South West England | Cornwall | 225 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.44 | 1.78 |
| Devon | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Somerset | 170 | 56 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.24 | |
| Central England | Berkshire | 74 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.05 |
| Buckinghamshire | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.85 | 0 | |
| Dorset | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
| Hampshire | 69 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.45 | |
| Northamptonshire | 57 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.51 | |
| Oxfordshire | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | |
| Wiltshire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South East England | East Sussex | 76 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.32 |
| Greater London | 86 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.44 | |
| Kent | 129 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.33 | |
| Surrey | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| West Sussex | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| English Totals | 3117 | 364 | 2 | 178 | 69 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0.06 | 5.71 | |
| 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 | Angus | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inverness | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kinross | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Perthshire | 34 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.82 | 2.94 | |
| Scottish Totals | 69 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.35 | 1.45 | |
| 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 | 80 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| Dyfed | 244 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.41 | 0 | |
| Gwynedd | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mid Glamorgan | 38 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.42 | |
| Powys | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South Glamorgan | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| West Glamorgan | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Welsh Totals | 485 | 79 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.21 | 1.86 | |
† - 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.