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The Table gives Notification of the intention to import bees. The bees may not yet have been imported into the country.
100% of Imports from outside of the EU will be inspected at a Border Control Post and will not show on this report as inspected.
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| Honey Bees imported into England, Scotland and Wales in 2026 and Laboratory examination of Attendant Worker Bees which accompanied Queen Bees imported into England/Wales | ||||||||||
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| 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 Samples Examined | Number of Samples with Varroa | Number of Samples with Small Hive Beetle | Number of Samples with Tropilaelaps | Number of Consignments Inspected |
| Denmark | 3 | 269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Germany | 2 | 421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greece | 15 | 962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Hungary | 2 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Italy | 20 | 5415 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Romania | 11 | 1910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 795 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Spain | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 63 | 10009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 26 |