Veterinary and Sanitary Requirements for apiculture.

These Veterinary and Sanitary Requirements establish the arrangements for prevention of introduction of diseases to apiaries and beeyards. Apiaries and beeyards shall be located in localities free of quarantine diseases on drylands rich in melliferous plants, protected from cold winters, at a distance no less that 500 metres from roads and railways, and at a distance of no less than 5 kilometres from confectionary and chemical industries. Each apiary or beeyard shall contain no more than 150 bee families. Each apiary and beeyard shall have veterinary and sanitary certificate. Apiaries shall be mechanically disinfected by hot solutions of 50-70 C.