The choice of location (apiary) for organic bee-keeping is one of the many requirements with which its owner must comply. This requires to select not only the place where they will be located bee families, but to explore the whole region and to the requirements specified in regulations (Decree ¹ 35 MAF).

Place, which will be located bee families must meet the very requirements relating on the one hand with opportunities for the development of bee families, the other with opportunities for obtaining only pure organic apiculture products. These requirements are mandatory and apply to:

• apiary is located outside the settlement and its size, consistent with the number of bee families by providing a 10-12 sq. m for each of them. When the bee families are - over 100-120 they are divided in smaller groups (separate apiary) in the same region, but no less than 2 kilometers between groups


• apiary is far from industrial establishments from livestock farms and enterprises polluting the environment (gas, smoke, etc.).


• place fixed for apiary is quiet, reserved by the winds, dry and ottsedlivo, families with opportunities to be located in eastern or southeastern exposure, away from large pools.


• apiary is surrounded with no access to outsiders and animals with opportunities to pass him on the vehicles.


• honey vegetation to be as close as possible to Pchelina for a recovery from the bees without having to move them (mobile beekeeping is not permitted). In the urgency of the move is requested permission from the authority issued the certificate.


• terrain of apiary is aligned (terrace) planted with greater distance from each other trees to provide shade for the bee families. Before any bee family provides playground, and it is placed on stand about 20-25 cm high with a slight tilt forward.


• a distance of 3 kilometers in the region have no other apiary.


• relief, preferably are hilly and semi-truncated areas


• the presence of various honey plants, mainly of wild species, and cultural honey plants to be grown in organic way. This vegetation is not further than 3 km from the apiary and it no poisonous plants, prevailing in certain periods of bloom.


• honey vegetation to provide continuous and without major disruptions throughout the grazing period of active development of bees and have at least one major grazing.

Establishment of apiary for clean products and organic beekeeping is through propagation of apiculture own families or purchase of such biological apiary and purchase of bees apiary of non-biological families, but only authorized the certified organization. In these cases (where families do not come from organic apiary) is passing through a period of transition, for the layers is 1 year and for swarms - about 1 month. The transitional period for ordinary families is one year. In these cases (and swarms of apiculture families) for this transitional year is required full replacement a wax bases. The big problem is that the wax bases to be used in replacement of the framework must be made of wax from apiary with organic production. After authorization may be used by non organic wax production, but is derived from the lid of the framework of honey or spleens (construction frames).

These requirements imposed pchelaryat very good to know regulations and strictly comply with them. Furthermore pchelinat must be registered and bee families identified under Regulation ¹ 27 / 2002 of MAF. Separately made a written request to certified organization which will carry out the relevant controls.

Immediately after the certification of production started keeping records of the related documentation of all activities of the apiary.