This Scientific Opinion was published yesterday by the European Food Safety Agency.

http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/151215

Some obvious (and sensible) stuff on the movement of hives, bumble bees and 'commodities', and also this:

EFSA also assessed risk-mitigating factors that could be effective in ensuring safe intra-EU trade of live bees, apiculture products and by-products. The main conclusions were:


  • detection of SHB by visual inspection has been found to be highly effective and feasible for consignments of queen bees;
  • use of fine mesh (with a maximum 2mm pore size) to avoid contamination during transport is highly effective for consignments of bees, bee products to be used in apiculture, non-extracted comb honey and used beekeeping equipment;
  • freezing, heating and desiccation of bee products and used equipment are highly effective at reducing the risk of SHB transmission;
  • beekeepers should keep records of movements of their hives to facilitate investigation of outbreaks.


I'm not sure whether they are suggesting that these measures should apply to all EU remaining trade outside the 100km zones. The measures would be too weak for trade from inside these areas - detection of eggs in/on queen cages is not easy, fine mesh is difficult to fix without gaps and you'd have to be sure that there were no beetles inside.