A randomised sample of beekeepers registered on BeeBase will shortly be contacted via email and asked to complete a short survey.
Beekeepers are selected at random and reflect the overall proportion of hobbyist and commercial beekeepers registered on BeeBase in England and Wales. Only beekeepers who are subscribed to email updates and listed as ‘current’ will be contacted. Please note: due to the lead time required to deploy the survey, beekeepers who have amended their status in the previous month may still be contacted.
Monitoring husbandry practices and colony losses provides important information on the health of our honeybee population. Answers will be of great value monitoring UK beekeeping practices and to help target beekeeper training. Answers provided may also be used in future research.
Summaries and reports of previous year’s results can be found here: NBU surveys » APHA - National Bee Unit - BeeBase