Central Science Labaratory - National Bee Unit
Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 May 2008 18:53
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:
http://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
   
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