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The Scottish Government Bee Health Team have issued the following for beekeepers across Scotland.

Notification of an outbreak of American Foulbrood (AFB) in Kincardineshire. This is the first finding of AFB in Scotland this year.

This outbreak concerns a single hive and was first reported to the Scottish Government by the beekeeper, with the disease being confirmed by SASA on the 4th of June 2026.

Please can beekeepers be reminded of the need to acquaint themselves with the symptoms of foulbrood diseases and how to carry out a full foulbrood inspection. All beekeepers should carry out at least one foulbrood inspection a year, but we recommend more frequent inspections for those in areas where disease has been confirmed.

SBA Members and local association secretaries have been emailed the full notice.

To find out more about the Foulbroods and how to spot them please visit

https://www.gov.scot/publications/foulbrood/

All BeeBase registered beekeepers within 3km from the infected apiary will also be alerted of this outbreak. To register your hives on BeeBase and receive updates please visit

https://www.nationalbeeunit.com

Do you keep bees? Register on BeeConnected to receive spray notifications from local farmers.
https://beeconnected.org.uk/

Welcome to the CovBee page, Coventry Beekeepers Association has been running for almost 100 years and are a charitable organisation to support and promote local honey bees and beekeepers.

We hold events yearly encouraging people to take up beekeeping, a taster/ apiary open day and a beginners weekend course.

For members we hold regular monthly meetings in the winter and weekly meetings at our apiary site in the beekeeping season.