Beekeeping (General) Regulations, 2005.

This Regulation consisting of 54 articles divided into VII Sections aims at regulating the following (i) beekeeping, their hunting, and storage; and (ii) business in apiary products or bee products. Article 4 regulates the use of pesticides, stipulating that a distance of at least 7 kilometers must be maintained, except where Integrated Pest Management is applied and provides for the necessary permits. The same for the establishment of an apiary near a tobacco farm (art.6). Bark hives are prohibited by article 7. Rules for register of beekeepers and apiary products or bee products dealers are provided at articles 9 - 12. Part III deals with Standards required for apiary product or bee product processing, such as rules for measuring the quality of honey, processing, handling, traceability, and transportation of honey. HACCP principles need to be observed, as well as hygienic condition of apiary products and bee products, as required by the article 20. Packaging, marking, and labeling of honey is dealt with at article 21. Article 23 and the following regard issues relating to beeswax, including the sanitary certificate. Part IV is related to the movement of apiary products or bee products. Part V deals with Restrictions in bee reserves and establishes that, unless of a permit by an authorized officer, it is prohibited collect, take, pick, store or remove colony, apiary product or bee product or any wild plant from within a bee reserve. Part V deals also with other issues related to the bee reserves, such as road passing through, entry, damage caused to the reserve, mining permits. Part VI deals with licenses and permits, their procedural matters and forms (provided in the Annexes), as well as their fees. Part VII regards rule for exporting apiary products, including their compliance with Codex Alimentarius and other internationally accepted standards, while Part VIII deals with import into Tanzania.