Yes had a day of it with Defra/ BDI etc etc.... pests and bee diseases workshop last year
Well you obviously weren't paying attention. .......
To save you the trouble of reading it again here is a direct quote from the FERA SHB PDF.
So please don't dismiss posts based on factual information as scaremongering.
"on the two notifiable honey bee pest in the UK, the
Small hive beetle and Tropilaelaps spp. mites. If an
exotic species is suspected, a Statutory Infected
Area (SIA) will be declared, which would extend
to an
area with a radius of at least 16 km around
the suspect apiary or premises where the beetle
(adult, pupa, larva or eggs) has been found.
Emergency searches of apiaries around the first
find will be completed very quickly to decide
whether the pest can be eradicated or whether
the beetle is already established. Further details
of proposed actions are available in the
Contingency Plan. The Contingency Plan is
available on BeeBase. (
https://secure.fera.defra
.gov.uk/beebase/index.cfm?pageid=206).