Subject	Predicate	Object
WqsW6kKV	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	dPIMTWFc
	answer has answering person	Therese Coffey
	answer text	<p>The National Bee Unit (NBU) has not assessed the risks associated with queen bee inbreeding in commercial bee-keeping operations. However, the NBU and Defra officials have regular contact with commercial beekeepers. These bee farmers have not raised queen inbreeding as an area of concern. Most beekeeping operations do allow wild mating so queens cross-breeding with drones from other local colonies does occur naturally. In commercial operations, queens displaying symptoms of inbreeding would be replaced for economic reasons.</p><p> </p>
	answer given date	2019-01-30
	answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	written answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has written answer	WqsW6kKV
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has answer	WqsW6kKV
dPIMTWFc	question has answer	WqsW6kKV
Therese Coffey	answering person has answer	WqsW6kKV