National Honey Monitoring Scheme results

Each year samples of Actual Honey are submitted to the National Honey Monitoring Scheme (NHMS) for analysis. The sugar and moisture content are measured, and a pollen analysis shows what the bees have been foraging on. The NHMS uses that information to build a "fingerprint" of the habitat around the hives, look for changes in the flora, and check for pesticides and residues that might affect the bees.

The NHMS is open to all beekeepers in the UK, but limited funding means only a certain number of samples can be analysed each year, usually first come, first served. About the NHMS ↗