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Bees

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of honeybees in April (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
6 May 2025
Target answer date
8 May 2025
Answer
14 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of honeybees in April (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.

  2. 8 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 May 2025

    Answer published

    There is currently no compulsory registration system for bees and beekeeping in the UK, so it is difficult to provide exact figures for honey bee populations. Beekeepers are however encouraged to voluntarily register on the Animal and Plant Health Agency’...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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