BREED

• Take into account of the animal’s ability to adapt to local conditions or their vitality and their resistance to disease.
• The hives must be made basically of natural materials presenting no risk of contamination to the environment or the apiculture product.

FEED

• The feed must be honey, organic sugar syrup or organic sugar.

HEALTH CARE AND MEDICAL

• Use of veterinary medicinal products in beekeeping shall have the following:
• For protecting the frames, the bees and the honeycombs in particular from parasites, the only rodent killers (to be used only in traps) are those permitted in the Standards
• Physical treatment such as steam or direct flame are permitted.
• Practice of removal of male brood is only permitted to contain an infestation of Varroa destructor.
• Phytotherapeutic and homeopathic products shall be used in preference to chemically synthesized allopathic products
• Allopathic chemically synthesized medicinal products for preventive treatment is prohibited.
• Use of chemical synthetic repellents is prohibited during honey extraction operations.