Beekeeping on Mars

[gavin]

Thinking like a regulator would think .....

A one year ban on any European source until we are clearer where the pest has already spread.

or, if the information is available:

A ban on imports from Italy, and from other European countries that cannot demonstrate an adequate level of proactive, effective, intense bee inspection effort and a willingness to rapidly report any detections (and throw effective 100km cordons around them).

I've no idea what the perspectives are of beekeepers across mainland Europe. Presumably they're just as fatalistic as those UK beekeepers who already want to throw in the towel. As Jon says, it should be different for folk living on an island.