• Hives shall be situated in organically managed fields and/or wild natural areas.
• Hives shall not be placed close to fields or other areas where chemical pesticides and herbicides are used.
• Each bee hive shall primarily consist of natural materials. Use of construction materials with potentially toxic effects are prohibited.
• Persistent materials may not be used in beehives.
• Veterinary medicine shall not be used in bee keeping.
• When working with the bees (e.g. at harvest) no repellent consisting of prohibited substances shall be used.

For pest and disease control and for hive disinfection the following products shall be allowed:

• caustic soda
• lactic, oxalic, acetic acid
• formic acid
• sulphur
• etheric oils
• Bacillus thuringiensis