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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on chemical resistant varroa mites; and what plans she has to contain the spread of varroa mites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on chemical resistant varroa mites; and what plans she has to contain the spread of varroa mites.
Asked by
Candy Atherton
(Labour)
Answered by
Ben Bradshaw
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 May 2003
For answer on
15 September 2003
Answered on
15 September 2003
Ms Atherton: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research her Department has (a) commissioned
and (b) evaluated on chemical resistant varroa mites; and what plans she has to contain the spread of varroa mites. [113257]
Mr. Bradshaw: Controlling varroa is still the single most important challenge to UK beekeeping today. The pest is now endemic across
much of the UK. Defra (and MAFF before it) has been funding a range of measures applied by the National Bee Unit under the
Department's bee health programme, and R&D to better equip beekeepers to manage varroa infestations in their colonies ever since it
was first detected in Devon in 1992. These measures include the provision of a free diagnostic and inspection service as well as
training and education to enable beekeepers to become self-reliant in controlling the mite through improved bee husbandry.
The Department has not yet commissioned any R&D on resistant mites, although current research investigating biological control
methods for varroa is extremely relevant given the presence in England and Wales of varroa mites resistant to Apistan and Bayvarol,
until recently the only two varroacides authorised for use in the UK.
As has been demonstrated on the Continent, the varroa mite will develop resistance to most chemicals applied to control it; the
spread of resistance is therefore inevitable. However, with foresight, the National Bee Unit began implementing a surveillance
programme monitoring apiaries for signs of resistance in early 2000. As a result, the UK has been one of only a few countries that
has been able to detect resistance before it has become fully established, thus enabling us to take action to help beekeepers treat
affected colonies at an early stage. Although resistance is more widespread this year, the recent introduction on the UK market of a
new treatment for varroa is welcome. Unlike Apistan and Bayvarol, the new product, Apiguard, is not based on a pyrethroid active
ingredient and beekeepers will be able to use this, along with other controls, in particular Integrated Pest Management, which we
are strongly advocating, to combat pyrethroid resistant mites.
Subjects
Pest control; Research; Beekeeping; Varroosis; Bees; Pests
Date
15 September 2003
Reference
113257; 410 c538W;410 c544W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she has taken to deal with the threat from Varroa mites; and if she will make a statement; what action she and her European Union counterparts have taken to deal with Varroa mites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she has taken to deal with the threat from Varroa mites; and if she will make a statement; what action she and her European Union counterparts have taken to deal with Varroa mites.
Asked by
Candy Atherton
(Labour)
Answered by
Elliot Morley
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
28 April 2003
For answer on
7 May 2003
Answered on
7 May 2003
Ms Atherton: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what action she has taken to deal with the
threat from Varroa mites; and if she will make a statement; [110868]
(2) what action she and her European Union counterparts have taken to deal with varroa mites. [111004]
Mr. Morley: varroa has been the most significant threat to UK beekeeping since it was first detected in Devon in 1992. Defra funds a
programme of bee health measures to assist the beekeeping sector, the cost of which was around £1.3 million in 2002-03. Under these
measures, the National Bee Unit (NBU), part of the Central Science Laboratory, provides a free diagnostic and inspection service to
beekeepers in England as well as training and technical advice to help them become more self-reliant through improved bee husbandry.
In addition, the NBU has been carrying out routine screening throughout England and Wales for varroa mites that are resistant to
authorised treatments, having first detected them in August 2001. To date, resistance remains isolated to certain areas of Devon and
Cornwall. However, the NBU's advice to beekeepers is to remain alert to the threat of further spread and to report any suspected
cases to them.
At EU level, Council Regulation (EC) No. 1221-97 provides for Member States to assist the beekeeping sector to improve the
production and marketing of honey by alleviating the burden placed on it by varroa. The EU reimburses up to 50 per cent. of Member
States' expenditure on certain beekeeping measures. In the past year, the UK has received £324,000 under these measures for approved
actions taken to combat varroa. The main thrust of most Member States' programmes is, like the UK, to support the control of varroa
through technical advice, the provision of diagnostic services and R&D.
Subjects
EU action; Pest control; Beekeeping; Varroosis; Bees; Pests
Date
7 May 2003
Reference
404 c722W;404 c718W; 110868;111004
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has undertaken to combat Varroa mites. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has undertaken to combat Varroa mites. - Inc figures.
Asked by
Candy Atherton
(Labour)
Answered by
Elliot Morley
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
28 April 2003
For answer on
7 May 2003
Answered on
7 May 2003
Ms Atherton: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research her Department has undertaken to
combat varroa mites. [110867]
Mr. Morley: The Government have funded a number of research projects to combat the varroa mite since it was first discovered in the
UK. Currently, Defra is funding a 3-year project that extends an earlier MAFF-funded investigation by Horticulture Research
International (HRI) on the use of entomopathogenic fungi as a biological control of varroa. HRI is undertaking this project in
collaboration with IACR Rothamsted. It is due to terminate in 2005 and is expected to cost some £323,000.
Subjects
Pest control; Beekeeping; Varroosis; Bees; Pests
Date
7 May 2003
Reference
110867; 404 c721-2W;404 c717-8W
House
House of Commons
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.
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.
Asked by
Candy Atherton
(Labour)
Answered by
Elliot Morley
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
28 April 2003
For answer on
7 May 2003
Answered on
7 May 2003
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
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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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Subjects
Pest control; Beekeeping; Varroosis; Bees; Pests
Date
7 May 2003
Reference
110866; 404 c721W;404 c717W
House
House of Commons