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Order No. 645 of the Ministry of Agriculture validating the Veterinary rules for keeping honey bees for the purpose of their reproduction, breeding, sale and use for pollination of agricultural entomophilous plants and obtaining bee products.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
2021
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Apiculture/sericulture Livestock water use Quarantine Animal health Animal production
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Order enters into force on 1 March 2022.
Abstract

These Veterinary Rules establish requirements for the conditions for keeping honey bees for the purpose of their reproduction, breeding, sale and use for pollination of agricultural entomophilous plants and obtaining products beekeeping, as well as requirements for the implementation of quarantine measures for bees, mandatory preventive measures and diagnostic studies of bees kept by citizens, including personal subsidiary plots, peasant farms, individual entrepreneurs, organizations. On the apiary should be installed: (a) drinking bowls with salted water (0.05% solution of table salt); (b) drinkers with clean water (in the absence at a distance of less than 500 m reservoirs (lakes, ponds, flooded quarries, reservoirs), watercourses (rivers, streams, canals), natural outlets of groundwater (springs). The hives in the apiary are installed on stands and pallets. Distances between hives should allow access to each hive, in the case of the use of mechanization - the passage of these motor vehicles. It is allowed to keep bee colonies in stationary or mobile premises. To protect the hives from the adverse effects of the environment it is allowed to use materials that do not have a harmful effect on bee health and bee products. In apiaries located in the territories of regions with the status of "unfavorable region" for contagious diseases of bees it is forbidden to install common feeders and drinking bowls for bees.

Full text
Russian
Website
publication.pravo.gov.ru

References - Legislation

Repeals

Ministerial Decree No. 194 of 19 May 2016 validating the Veterinary Rules for keeping honey bees for the purpose of their reproduction, raising, trade and use for pollination.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016

Keyword: Apiculture/sericulture, Animal health, Quarantine, Disinfection/disinfestation, Animal welfare, Transport/storage, Internal trade, Animal production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX