Written question asked by Candy Atherton (Labour) on Monday, 28 April 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 May 2003. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 May 2003 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of Varroa mites her Department has identified, broken down by county. - Inc figures and table.

Answer: Ms Atherton: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cases of varroa mites her Department has identified, broken down by county. [110866] Mr. Morley: Since the establishment of Defra in June 2001, there have been a total of 94 new varroa infested apiaries reported to the Central Science Laboratory's National Bee Unit. The data are broken down by county in the table. New apiaries found infested with varroa since June 2001 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. County 2001 2002 2003 Avon 1 Bedfordshire 1 1 Berkshire 1 1 Buckinghamshire 2 2 Cheshire 1 1 Cornwall 1 Cumbria 2 4 1 Derbyshire Devon 1 2 2 Durham 1 1 East Sussex 1 1 Gloucestershire 1 Greater London 2 3 Hampshire 1 Hereford and Worcs 6 1 Hertfordshire 1 Lancashire 2 Lincolnshire 1 Norfolk 2 1 North Yorkshire 1 3 3 Northumberland 1 18 Nottinghamshire 1 Shropshire 1 Somerset 2 South Yorkshire 1 Staffordshire 1 Suffolk 1 1 Tyne & Wear 1 West Sussex 2 1 Wiltshire 1 1 Wales 1 1 Gwynedd 2 Total 6 61 27 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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