Apiary set-up and management / maintenance
Keeping an appropriate number of hives
Good Beekeeping Practices
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Apiaries must not be overcrowded with beehives. High concentration of beehives in an area may affect the foraging pastures for the bees and can lead to increased exposure and spread of bee diseases and drifting across adjacent beehives. The number of beehives must always be adjusted to the actual local availability of nectar, pollen and water sources and must not alter the balance with wild pollinators nor affect them on food resource competitive grounds. In case of professional beekeeping, the number of hives has to be set by the average number of hives that can be visited and managed by one single beekeeper in one single day of field activity.