LAW ON BEE-FARMING ADOPTED IN ARMENIA

ARKA
March 20, 2009

YEREVAN, March 20. /ARKA/. At its sitting yesterday the Armenian
Parliament adopted, in its third reading, the bill "On bee-farming".

The authors of the bill, independent parliamentarian Victor Dallakyan
pointed out that the relevant laws in effect in Belgium, Czech
Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus served as a basis for
the bill.

"The law regulates all the relations pertaining to bee-farming
management," Dallakyan said.

He said that the bill sets the order of installing bee-gardens
in Armenia.

Dallakyan said that the bill thus provides safety guarantees.

"The law defines ecological bee-gardens inspected by the relevant
authorities," he said.

Dallakyan also pointed out that the bill sets the order of sale,
transportation and export of beehives.