Bee keeper stung by Brexit rules
Watch Sarah Saunders' report:
A beekeeper has been stung by new Brexit rules - which mean 15 million bees could be destroyed if he tries to bring them in to the UK.
Beekeeper Patrick Murfet wants to bring the young Italian bees into the country for his Kent business, Bee Equipment.
He says new Brexit rules mean the bees might be destroyed if he tries to bring them into the country.
Under new rules Queen Bees can still be imported from Europe but packages or colonies of bees cannot.
Patrick tried to deal with the rules by bringing his bees in through Northern Ireland.
"I was told if I tried to bring the bees in they would be destroyed or sent back and I would be prosecuted."
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs says the ban on packages of bees coming in to the UK is to stop the spread of bee pests and diseases, and it is down to the importer to make sure they comply with rules about imports from Northern Ireland - with its new post Brexit status.