Information on the number of queen bees imported into England from countries within and outside the European Community is available on the Food and Environment Research Agency's National Bee Unit's Beebase website.
The information requested is set out in the table:
Number of queen bees imported 2009 10,829 2008 9,575 2007 10,549 2006 4,074 2005 12,256 1 Imports from outside the European Community only. More reliable data on imports from within the European Community became available from 2006.