I am new to the Keeping of bees and I have been going along to the Dunblane and Stirling Beekeepers Association, and joining in their beginners classes which were great, as well as being easy to understand.
Last night we had a visit from Scottish Government’s Bee Inspectors, Steve Sunderland, who is the first full time inspector.
His talk was excellent, he was in the thick of the Foul Brood outbrake in Scotland last year and he was very reasuring on were it came from, how/were it spread and what is the best way to control/manage your bees to minumise the spread of any infection.

If your club/association gets the chance to have Steve along then grab it quick, he's going to be a busy man this year.

Go onto https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/beebase/index.cfm and watch for updates over the next few weeks, they should be very helpful.