After a very long wait, my application to join the DASH scheme (Disease Assurance Scheme for Honeybees) has come back positive and I've been accepted to enrol for 2023 (Whoop), super happy.
DASH is recognised within the DEFRA Farming Regulation Task Force Implementation – Earned Recognition Plan August 2013. DASH is only eligible to those in the Bee Farming industry and those members that successfully complete the scheme will receive greater autonomy and fewer inspections by Bee Inspectors.
This starts around April with training sessions at the York Biotech campus, the whole process taking 3 years to complete.
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