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National Bee Unit

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Room 11G03 York Biotech Campus, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ.

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 0330 041 6560 ([email protected])

Before contacting us, please take a look at our FAQ page to see if your question is answered there. Thank you.

NBU Office

National Bee Inspector	Andy Wattam [email protected] Telephone: 0300 3030094
Operational Delivery Lead	Dan Etheridge [email protected] Telephone: 0300 3030094
Programme Support	Diane Gillibrand [email protected] Telephone: 0300 3030094
Head of National Bee Unit	Kate Wilson [email protected] Telephone: 0300 3030094
Technical Literature Manager	Kirsty Stainton [email protected] Telephone: 0300 3030094
Contingency Planning and Science Officer	Nigel Semmence [email protected] Telephone: 0300 3030094
Healthy Bees Plan Project Manager	Rebekah Clarkson [email protected] Telephone: 0300 3030094
Programme Support	Samantha O'Toole samantha.o'[email protected] Telephone: 0300 3030094

Beekeeper in Scotland?

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: [email protected]

Postal address: Strathearn House, Broxden Business Park, Lamberkine Drive, Perth, PH1 1RX. Phone: 0300 244 5400

Find your nearest Inspector

Region

North West England

Counties Included

Cheshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, West Yorkshire

Regional Bee Inspector

Mark McLoughlin
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Tel No: 07500 891425

Seasonal Bee Inspector

Ewan Houldridge
[email protected]
Tel No: 07500 976936

Suzanne King
[email protected]
Tel No: 07484594455

Emma Langrish
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Tel No: 07484426166

Kay Phillips
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Tel No: 07796 435125

Amy Turner
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Tel No: 07484426445

Region

Western England

Counties Included

Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire, Herefordshire

Regional Bee Inspector

Caroline Coughlin
[email protected]
Mobile No: 07500 891423

Seasonal Bee Inspector

Ben Bowen
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Tel No: 07557 178512

Elizabeth Gardner
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Tel No: 07867 351610

Region

North East England

Counties Included

County Durham, Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Tyne & Wear, East Yorkshire

Regional Bee Inspector

Dhonn Atkinson
[email protected]
Mobile No: 07775 119437

Seasonal Bee Inspector

David Bough
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Tel No: 07824 408973

Adrian Kennedy
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Tel No: 07500 915191

Yvonne Kilvington
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Tel No: 07484427288

Barry Perkins
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Tel No: 07500 122341

Region

Eastern England

Counties Included

Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk

Regional Bee Inspector

Jack Silberrad
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Mobile No: 07776 165869

Seasonal Bee Inspector

David Burns
[email protected]
Tel No: 07900 365721

Suse Crook
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Tel No: 07979 718575

Peter Folge
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Tel No: 07775 119433

Ian Nichols
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Tel No: 07557 178416

Region

South West England

Counties Included

Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Scilly Isles, Somerset

Regional Bee Inspector

Annabel Lewis
[email protected]
Mobile No: 07500 954171

Seasonal Bee Inspector

Leila Goss
[email protected]
Tel No: 07775 119453

Stephen Johns
[email protected]
Tel No: 07554 196583

Philip Jordan
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Tel No: 07795503841

Donald Mudie
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Tel No: 07443 255651

Marcus Pilling
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Tel No: 07500 953948

Megan Seymour
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Tel No: 07775 119475

Region

Central England

Counties Included

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Rutland

Regional Bee Inspector

Dan Etheridge
[email protected]
Tel No: 0300 3030094
Mobile No: 07979 119376

Seasonal Bee Inspector

Helen Edbrooke
[email protected]
Tel No: 07484 426439

Alexandra Grau
[email protected]
Tel No: 07775 119434

Nika Obydzinski
[email protected]
Tel No: 07435 738063

Phillip Spillane
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Tel No: 07775 119470

Krysia Watson
[email protected]
Tel No: 07500 911157

Region

South East England

Counties Included

East Sussex, Greater London, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex

Regional Bee Inspector

Thomas Bickerdike
[email protected]
Mobile No: 07775 119464

Seasonal Bee Inspector

Danyal Conn
[email protected]
Tel No: 07584 202700

Helen Hadley
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Tel No: 07741 168555

Daniel Morgan
[email protected]
Tel No: 07500 954390

Isaac Mullane
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Tel No: 07552 262787

Stewart Westsmith
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Tel No: 07769 933172

Region

Wales

Counties Included

Clwyd, Dyfed, Gwent, Gwynedd, Mid Glamorgan, Powys, South Glamorgan, West Glamorgan

Regional Bee Inspector

Daniel Baxter
[email protected]
Mobile No: 07771 038646

Seasonal Bee Inspector

Thomas Birch
[email protected]
Tel No: 07796 021642

Paul Davies
[email protected]
Tel No: 07557 566228

Tomos Jones
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Tel No: 07919 168708

Holly Pinkney
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Tel No: 07765 083141

Karen Smith-Davies
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Tel No: 07765 923768

Edmund Thomas
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Tel No: 07385 930914

George Tonge
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Tel No: 07769 643138

Christopher Welton
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Tel No: 07900 166143

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