News
BeeBase Unavailable
2012-02-25 03:50:32
Due to scheduled maintenance BeeBase will be unavailable from 06:00 on Saturday 25th February until 06:00 on Monday 27th February.
Change in Disease Alert Notifications
2012-01-11 03:50:32
Following feedback the radius of disease alert notifications has been reduced from 5km to 3km.
This change is effective as of today's date (11/01/2012) but will only become relevant once a new case of disease is found.
NBU - End of Year Report
2011-12-22 03:50:32
As the end of 2011 approaches, the National Bee Unit would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Please see attached, for the 2011 End of Year Report
New PhD Studentship, Fera National Bee Unit and the University of York: The epidemiology of Paenibacillus larvae, causative organism of American foul brood
2011-10-26 04:50:32
We are very pleased that Barbara Morrissey has been awarded a BBSRC CASE studentship with industrial funding from Bee Disease Insurance Ltd (BDI) in order to study the Epidemiology of American Foulbrood (AFB). She will be jointly supervised by Dr. Giles Budge in Fera's National Bee Unit and Dr. Thorunn Helgason at the Department of Biology at the University of York. Barbara has already worked on molecular tools to identify strains of Paenibacillus larvae as part of her MRes at the University of York. This grounding will serve her well as she progresses into her PhD. Once strain types have been identified she will be able to link and track disease outbreaks leading to a better understanding of the spread and impact of this damaging bacterium.
