Risk

  • Residues of any kind of drugs or chemical used in the colony may be transfer into wax.
  • Old brood combs contain wax moth and bee excretions, dirt which might cause contamination of the honey.
  • Use of pesticides for wax mouth control might contaminate wax and honey.

General Requirements in Addition of bee frames

  • General demands on good hygiene.
  • Treatments should be documented and kept in records.

Recommendations for the industry

  • No veterinary drugs should be used. They are not prescribed in India for honey bees.
  • Regular hygiene and health check of brood and honeycombs. Honeycombs should be without impurities and those contained brood are ought to be renewed.
  • Optimize storage of combs protected from outside contamination or attack by pests.
  • Use wax/comb foundation (CF) sheets that contain no contaminants.
  • Control measures for wax moth, nosema spores and other diseases/pests should not contaminate the wax and honey in bee frames.
  • Bee box and bee frames of standard design should only be used.
  • Locally available seasoned lightweight wood to be used to prepare hives as per specification of BIS.
  • Note- Avoid use of unseasoned and heavy wood)
  • In an Apiary, over-stocking of colonies should be avoided, either by restricting the number of bee colonies to be between 50-100 or by maintaining a distance of 10 feet and 3 feet to be kept row to row and box to box respectively.
•	No veterinary drugs should be used. They are not prescribed in India for honey bees.
•	Regular hygiene and health check of brood and honeycombs. Honeycombs should be without impurities and those contained brood are ought to be renewed.
•	Optimize storage of combs protected from outside contamination or attack by pests.
•	Use wax/comb foundation (CF) sheets that contain no contaminants.
•	Control measures for wax moth, nosema spores and other diseases/pests should not contaminate the wax and honey.
•	Bee box of standard design should only be used.
•	Locally available seasoned lightweight wood to be used to prepare hives as per specification of BIS.
•	Note- Avoid use of unseasoned and heavy wood)
•	In an Apiary, over-stocking of colonies should be avoided, either by restricting the number of bee colonies to be between 50-100 or by maintaining a distance of 10feet and 3 feet to be kept row to row and box to box respectively.
  • Brood chamber should not be nailed to the bottom board except for migrating.
  • Measures against wax mouth, parasitic mites and nosema should be documented.

New wax foundation added to the colony.

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