Gute Imkerliche Praxis

Good beekeeping practice means healthy bees, as well as obtaining safe foodstuffs and other products from them. This book is an easily readable starters guide, showing you step by step how you can best keep your bees and obtain healthy bee products in a truly eco-friendly fashion. Through a listing of standardised and documented beekeeping tasks and procedures, the many photographs and checklists will help you to maintain your colony, as well as providing information on the relevant provisions of the German Medicines Act (Arzneimittelgesetz), Bee Diseases Regulation (Bienenseuchenverordnung), Honey Regulation (Honigverordnung), Foodstuffs Act (Lebensmittelgesetz) and other legislation. It also helps you to avoid unwanted surpluses and ensure the high quality of your bee products.