Each Regional Bee Inspector (RBI) manages a team of Seasonal Bee Inspectors (SBIs) working from April to September.
Every Bee Inspector is an experienced practical beekeeper, specialising in recognition and control of bee pests and diseases.
You must contact your Seasonal Bee Inspector without delay if any of the notifiable diseases (European Foul Brood, American Foul Brood)
or pests (Small Hive Beetle, Tropilaelaps) are suspected.
The Regional Bee Inspector for Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire is
Julian Parker.
Current contact details can be found on the
BeeBase contacts page
where you will find a postcode search that will tell you who your nearest Bee Inspector is during the active season.
Contact details
for April 2019 to September 2019 will be issued in spring 2019.
The Asian hornet has been present in France since 2004 and occasional sightings in the UK were made in the 3 years up to 2018, when a few were seen.
This hornet preys on honeybees and is potentially deadly to allergic people.
It is slightly smaller than the European Hornet, its body is dark except for the last abdominal segment, its face,
and the "socks" on its legs which are all orange/yellow.
If you see this hornet, please do not attempt to catch it but try to take a photo if possible, and contact
alertnonnative@ceh.ac.uk giving as much detail as you can.