Since 2021, over 22,000 honey bee queens have entered Great Britain via Northern Ireland, bypassing standard biosecurity checks. This loophole leaves UK beekeeping vulnerable to devastating pests like Small Hive Beetle and Tropilaelaps mites. Our new petition calls for urgent action: full inspections, proper tracking, reinstatement of bee inspectors in NI, and a shift toward local bee breeding. Protecting our bees means closing this loophole now.

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The purity of honey, a product of nature’s hardest-working creatures, is under threat due to widespread honey adulteration in the UK market.

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