Events

BeeBase

• Seasonal Bee Inspector (SBI) vacancies
  22 September 2022
  The National Bee Unit currently has a Seasonal Bee Inspector (SBI) vacancies advertised in:
  • Wales: Whole country, but particularly north and Ceredigion.
  • South West: Whole region
  • West: Avon, Staffordshire, Shropshire
  • East: Norfolk, but particularly north
  • North East: Lincolnshire, East Yorkshire
  • North West: Greater Sheffield area (SW Yorkshire, NW Derbyshire)
  • Central: Northamptonshire, North Buckinghamshire, Hampshire
  • South East: Kent, East Sussex
  
  If you are interested in applying for these jobs, full details can be found on Civil Service Jobs
  
  If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact the Regional Bee Inspector for the region.
• Credible sighting of a single Asian hornet near Chelmsford, Essex
  26 August 2022
  National Bee Unit inspectors are carrying out enhanced surveillance near Chelmsford, in response to a compelling report of Asian hornet (Vespa velutina).
  
  Further information regarding the yellow-legged Asian hornet can be found on Defra's Asian Hornet sightings page and on BeeBase’s Asian hornet page. For media enquiries, please contact the Defra Press Office: 0330 0416560
  
  We ask beekeepers to remain vigilant, record monitoring trap locations on BeeBase by logging in and updating their my apiaries page, report suspected sightings using the ‘Asian hornet Watch’ app for iPhone and Android, or the online reporting form.
  
  
• BeeBase Email Outage
  18 August 2022
  During the period Midday 12th August to Midday 17th August, some automated emails from BeeBase will not have been sent. 
  
  Therefore, if you did not receive an email when expected please re-submit your request. 
  
  Some systems affected included:
  

  • Password reset emails
  • Username reminders

  
  All emails are now being processed as normal.