Organic certified production with bees

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Primefact Number: 171    Edition: Second edition    Released/reviewed: Sep 2010

Beekeeping is an agricultural industry that relies very little on the use of synthetic (man-made) chemicals. It is an industry that causes minimal environmental damage and is sustainable, producing products that require little or no modification during the stages of production. Despite this, it is more difficult for a beekeeping enterprise to obtain organic certification than for many other agricultural industries.

The contents of this Primefact include the following:

  • Organic production
  • Certified organic production
  • Organic certifying organisations
  • Organic standards
  • Biodynamic beekeeping
  • Organic beekeeping
  • The pros and cons of becoming certified organic