The following projects have been funded by DEFRA in the last five years.
Project From To Cost (£) HH0817THB: The control of exotic bee diseases and their likely interactions with UK conditions 2001 2004 330,000 HH0819SHB: Fungal control of Varroa jacobsoni (destructor) 2002 2006 383,802 HH3126SHB: Evaluation of TaqMan real-time PCR for detection of Aethina tumida (Small Hive Beetle) 2005 2005 14,348 HH3223SHB: Minimisation of oxytetracycline levels in honey after antibiotic treatment 2003 2004 25,000 HH3234SHB: Optimisation of detection methods for Melissococcus plutonius (European foulbrood, EFB) 2005 2005 10,101 HH3235SHB: Honey bee virus detection and discrimination 2005 2005 25,233 HH3815SHB: A promotional publication summarising the DEFRA Bee Health Research and Development activity over 10 years 2004 2005 9,920 PH0410: The taxonomy of UK and exotic honey bee viruses: a molecular approach (PhD Fellowship) 2007 2010 81,248 PH0502: Assessing the effectiveness of the shook swarm method for controlling European Foul Brood 2006 2008 185,393 PH0503: Development of a monitoring system for the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida (Murray) 2006 2008 225,772 PN0936: The effects of endocrine disrupters on honeybee populations 2001 2004 86,148 PN0945: Assessing the impact of mixtures of pyrethroids and fungicides on honeybees 2001 2004 55,718 PS2322: Assessment of the risk posed to honeybees by systemic pesticides 2005 2007 46,104 VM02140: Investigation of the fate of veterinary drugs used in apiculture 2004 2007 180,589 VM02156: Investigation into the experimental protocols required to determine Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) in honey: Preliminary study using organic acids as model compounds to propose ways in which withdrawal times might be calculated 2007 2010 287,083
We do not have full records of bids that were not funded in the last five years. With respect to the last two years, there was a bid for a three-year project to develop management strategies for small hive beetle which was not funded although a shorter project to develop a monitoring system for small hive beetle is ongoing. There was also an outline proposal but no formal bid for a project to build upon previous DEFRA funded work to develop a biological control product for the varroa mite. This project is still being discussed; a decision has yet to be made about whether this work will be funded.