From 1st January 2021 all imports are recorded on the Third Country Import Report.
Please Note: The Table gives Notification of the intention to import bees for the Member States listed. The bees may not yet have been imported into the country.
For more information on legislation governing the importation of bees please see our Imports & exports page.
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| Queen Bees or nucleus colonies imported from the EU into England, Scotland and Wales in 2020 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country of Origin | Number of Consignments Imported | Batched Number of Queens | Batched Number of Nucleus | Batched Number of Packages | Batched Number of Colonies | Number of Consignments Inspected |
| Austria | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Croatia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 6 | 91 | 0 | 250 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | 44 | 2405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| France | 4 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Germany | 10 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Greece | 51 | 2872 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Hungary | 15 | 713 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Italy | 104 | 9701 | 60 | 1595 | 363 | 75 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Malta | 18 | 2062 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland | 4 | 110 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Portugal | 1 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Romania | 21 | 1576 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Slovenia | 32 | 1284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| TOTALS: | 318 | 21405 | 210 | 1882 | 363 | 159 |