Apiary Inspections and Foulbrood Disease Diagnoses in England for 2009

England's county-level data on honeybee apiary inspections conducted by the National Bee Unit in 2009. The dataset includes counts of inspections and positive diagnoses for American and European Foulbrood diseases, along with infection percentages. It was sourced from the live BeeBase database maintained by the Animal and Plant Health Agency and is subject to retrospective updates.

Use Cases

• Mapping regional disease prevalence based on county-level breakdowns of American and European Foulbrood.
• Analyzing inspection coverage and disease detection rates based on the 'Apiaries Inspected' and positive diagnosis counts.
• Comparing the relative impact of different foulbrood strains based on separate AFB and EFB diagnosis figures.
• Assessing data stability and temporal changes in historical records based on the note about the dynamic, updatable source system.

Strengths

• Provides disease diagnosis figures for two specific pathogens (American Foulbrood and European Foulbrood).
• Includes a geographic breakdown at the county level within England.
• Sourced from an authoritative government agency, the Animal and Plant Health Agency's National Bee Unit.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• County boundaries may not reflect current administrative units, as noted in the description.
• Data is from a single year (2009), limiting longitudinal analysis.

Provenance

Source

National Bee Unit (NBU), part of the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), United Kingdom.

Collection Method

Inspections carried out by Bee Inspectors and recorded in the live BeeBase database.

Time Range

2009

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

County-level within England only.