What's particularly disappointing is that they didn't even take the opportunity to voice their opposition to imports generally … this email will have gone to the new crop of enthusiastic young beekeepers. These are the ones desperate for bees having trained over the winter. Arguably they're also the least likely to find any 'passengers' in their colonies (though I fully accept that even beekeepers with many years experience are often poor at identifying pathogens and disease). The Sussex BKA proposal was supported at the ADM got a brief mention in last months newsletter (a very brief mention).