BDI compensation rates 

Table of compensation rates for 2024

Please note, ONLY equipment listed below will be compensated for. Most, if not all, other equipment will not need to be destroyed.

 

British Standard brood frame         £ 2.90

All other brood frames                        £ 4.00

British Standard shallow frame    £ 2.10

All other shallow frames                    £ 2.90

Top Bar Hive  frames                            £ 1.20

Warré Top Bar frames                         £ 0.80

Slotted steel queen excluder           £ 5.60

Wire queen excluder                    £20.00 

Plastic queen excluder                        £ 4.10

Glass/polycarbonate quilt              £19.80

Open mesh floor                                  £15.00

Saleable honey                                        £ 3.00 per lb (subject to a maximum of 40lb per hive averaged out over all of the colonies being claimed for in a single apiary)

 

 

 

 

 

o   If claims have been made in both the previous two years compensation will be reduced by 25%. 

o   If claims have been made in all the previous three years compensation will be reduced by 50%. 

o   If claims have been made in all the previous four years compensation will be reduced by 75%.

 

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