Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 75549
Beekeeping: Farmers
Tabled: 5 September 2025
Answered: 8 October 2025
Question
Edward Morello
Liberal Democrat — West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing subsidies to support farmers to (a) introduce and (b) maintain beekeeping.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleFigures from the annual hive count suggests that the number of beekeepers has remained relatively stable and is not declining. Defra supports beekeepers through the work of the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit which operates our bee pest...
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