Contact Us
General Enquiries
National Bee Unit
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Room 11G03 York Biotech Campus, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ.
Email: nbu@apha.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 0300 3030094
Do you have a question?
If your enquiry relates to bumblebees, please contact the Bumblebee Conservation Trust
For enquiries relating to swarms and general beekeeping husbandry, please contact the British Beekeepers Association or the Welsh Beekeepers Association
Press enquiries please contact the DEFRA press office on 020 8225 7318.
Before contacting us, please take a look at our FAQ page to see if your question is answered there. Thank you.
NBU Office
| BeeBase Manager |
Adam Parker adam.parker@apha.gov.uk Telephone: 0300 3030094 |
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| National Bee Inspector |
Andy Wattam andy.wattam@apha.gov.uk Telephone: 0300 3030094 |
| Programme Support |
Diane Gillibrand Diane.Gillibrand@apha.gov.uk Telephone: 0300 3030094 |
| Head of National Bee Unit |
Kate Wilson kate.wilson@apha.gov.uk Telephone: 0300 3030094 |
| Technical Literature Manager |
Kirsty Stainton Kirsty.Stainton@apha.gov.uk Telephone: 0300 3030094 |
| Contingency Planning and Science Officer |
Nigel Semmence nigel.semmence@apha.gov.uk Telephone: 0300 3030094 |
| Operational Delivery Lead |
Peter Davies peter.davies@apha.gov.uk Telephone: 0300 3030094 |
| Healthy Bees Plan Project Manager |
Rebekah Clarkson Rebekah.clarkson@apha.gov.uk Telephone: 0300 3030094 |
| Programme Support |
Samantha O'Toole samantha.o'toole@apha.gov.uk Telephone: 0300 3030094 |
Beekeeper in Scotland?
General contact details for your local Bee Inspector can be found at: www.scotland.gov.uk
Lead Bee Inspector - Scotland
Claire Gill
The Bee Health Delivery Lead in Scotland works for the Scottish Government Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate.
If you have any questions, you can contact the bee health team in Scotland by emailing: Bees_mailbox@gov.scot
Postal address: Strathearn House, Broxden Business Park, Lamberkine Drive, Perth, PH1 1RX. Phone: 0300 244 5400
Find your nearest Inspector
North West England
Cheshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, West Yorkshire
Mark McLoughlin
mark.mcloughlin@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07500 891425
caroline.coughlin@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07500 891423
Julia Hoggard
Julia.Hoggard@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07900 394303
Ewan Houldridge
ewan.houldridge@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07500 976936
Kay Phillips
kay.phillips@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07796 435125
Western England
Avon, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire, Herefordshire
Jack Silberrad
Jack.Silberrad@apha.gov.uk
Mobile No: 07776 165869
benjamin.bowen@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07557 178512
Elizabeth Gardner
elizabeth.gardner@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07867 351610
Bronwen Hopkins
bronwen.hopkins@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07796 433626
Colleen Reichling
colleen.reichling@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07990 138898
North East England
County Durham, Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Tyne & Wear, East Yorkshire
Dhonn Atkinson
dhonn.atkinson@apha.gov.uk
Mobile No: 07775 119437
Keith.Bartlem@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07385 397936
David Bough
david.bough@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07824 408973
Adrian Kennedy
adrian.kennedy@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07500 915191
Brian Murphy
brian.murphy@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07747 765934
Timothy Roper
timothy.roper@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07775 119441
Eastern England
Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
Christopher Milton
christopher.milton@apha.gov.uk
Mobile No: 07823 425133
david.burns@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07900 365721
Suse Crook
suse.crook@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07979 718575
Peter Folge
peter.folge@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07775 119433
Ian Nichols
Ian.Nichols@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07557 178416
South West England
Cornwall, Devon, Scilly Isles, Somerset
Annabel Lewis
annabel.lewis@apha.gov.uk
Mobile No: 07500 954171
Megan Seymour
megan.seymour@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07775 119475
leila.goss@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07775 119453
Stephen Johns
stephen.johns@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07554 196583
Philip Jordan
phil.jordan@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07795503841
Donald Mudie
donald.mudie@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07443 255651
Marcus Pilling
marcus.pilling@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07500 953948
Central England
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Rutland
Daniel Etheridge
daniel.etheridge@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07979 119376
robert.poole@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07979 220760
Phillip Spillane
philip.spillane@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07775 119470
Krysia Watson
krysia.watson@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07500 911157
South East England
East Sussex, Greater London, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex
Thomas Bickerdike
Thomas.Bickerdike@apha.gov.uk
Mobile No: 07775 119464
Danyal.Conn@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07584 202700
Lisa Jenkins
Lisa.jenkins@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07810 094088
Daniel Morgan
daniel.morgan@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07500 954390
Isaac Mullane
Isaac.mullane@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07552 262787
Julie Parker
Julie.Parker@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07769 933191
Stewart Westsmith
stewart.westsmith@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07769 933172
Wales
Clwyd, Dyfed, Gwent, Gwynedd, Mid Glamorgan, Powys, South Glamorgan, West Glamorgan
Daniel Baxter
daniel.baxter@apha.gov.uk
Mobile No: 07771 038646
Thomas.birch@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07796 021642
Paul Davies
paul.davies@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07557 566228
Tomos Jones
tomos.jones@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07919 168708
Holly Pinkney
holly.pinkney@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07765 083141
Karen Smith-Davies
karen.smith-davies@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07765 923768
Edmund Thomas
edmund.thomas@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07385 930914
George Tonge
george.tonge@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07769 643138
Christopher Welton
Christopher.Welton@apha.gov.uk
Tel No: 07900 166143