Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 59931

Beekeeping

Tabled: 13 June 2025
Answered: 18 June 2025

Question

Bradley Thomas

ConservativeBromsgrove

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote beekeeping.

Answer

Mary Creagh
In 2024 the annual Hive Count exercise produced a figure of 252, 647 honey bee colonies in the UK which indicates that there continues to be interest in keeping bees. There are over 52,700 beekeepers in England, Wales and Scotland registered on BeeBase, t...

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