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Beekeeping: Farmers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with farming organisations on subsidies for beekeeping.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
5 Sept 2025
Target answer date
9 Sept 2025
Answer
8 Oct 2025 · 33 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with farming organisations on subsidies for beekeeping.

  2. 9 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Figures 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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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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