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| Beekeeping enterprises - Questionnaire / Report |
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Criteria of quality |
Very good |
Good |
Not very satisfactory |
Insufficient |
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Bee feeding |
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No feeding between honeyflows |
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Feeding between honeyflows without supers |
q |
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Feeding up to 14 days before a honeyflow |
q |
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| Feeding during honeyflow or feeding between honeyflows with supers on the hive |
q |
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Use of drugs |
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Use of authorized natural acaricides |
q |
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Use of authorized synthetic acaricides |
q |
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Use of authorized medicine not in accordance with instructions |
q |
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Use of unauthorized medicine |
q |
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Use of antibiotics as a preventive measure |
q |
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Frames renewal and storage |
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Complete renewal of all brood frames / number of years |
up to 3 q |
3-4 years q |
over 4 q |
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Sorting of combs before storage (no wax moth or brood), removal of super frames having contained brood |
yes q |
no q |
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Treating for wax moth unnecessary |
q |
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Combating wax moth: |
q |
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- by airing properly outside under shelter |
q |
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- with sulfur |
q |
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- with Bacillus thuringensis |
q |
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- use of other chemical substances |
q |
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Honey harvest |
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No frames hnaving cotained brood |
q |
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A few frames having contained brood but now brood free |
q |
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A few frames containing brood |
q |
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Extraction of brood-comb frames |
no q |
yes q |
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Use of bee excluders |
q |
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Use of a bee blower |
q |
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Use of smoke and a bee brush |
q |
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Use of chemical repellents |
q |
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Comb sealed over 70% |
q |
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Comb sealed under 70% |
q |
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| Honey house and equipment | ||||
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Bee-proof honey house |
yes q |
no q |
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The honey house is washable (floor and walls) |
yes q |
no q |
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The honey house was cleaned before the honey harvest |
yes q |
no q |
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The honey house is fitted with a drinking water tap |
yes q |
no q |
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The honey house is free of chemical products and strong odors |
yes q |
no q |
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The extractor is made of stainless steel |
q |
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The extractor is made of iron, coated with food-quality paint |
q |
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The extractor is made of iron, without food-quality paint |
q |
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The honey recipients are stainless steel |
q |
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The honey recipients are food-quality plastic |
q |
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The honey recipients are aluminum or plastic (not of food-quality) |
q |
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The extractor rotor is oiled with grease suitable for foodstuffs (grease for milking cows, Vaseline for ex.) |
q |
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The rotor is oiled with mineral oil or paraffin |
q |
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The rest of the equipment is clean and rust free |
yes q |
no q |
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The holes in the honey filter are larger or equal to 0.2 mm |
q |
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The holes in the honey filter are smaller than 0.2 mm (pollen is held back) |
q |
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| Honey filtration, filling and storage | ||||
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Settling time for honey, in days |
> 3 q |
< 3 q |
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Honey is put into drums or jars straight after extraction |
q |
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Honey is put into drums or jars without heating |
q |
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Honey is liquefied by heating to 105°F, number of days |
< 3 q |
3-5 q |
> 5 q |
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Honey liquefied in a Bain-Marie |
q |
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Honey liquefied in a heating chamber |
q |
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Honey liquefied by direct heat source (elements or flame) |
q |
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Honey drums are stainless steel |
q |
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Honey drums are steel coated with wax + food-quality paint |
q |
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Honey drums are steel coated with wax |
q |
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Honey drums are steel (recycled) |
q |
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The storage room is free of chemical products, dirt and strong smelling substances |
yes q |
no q |
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| Criteria of quality |
Very good |
Good |
Not very satisfactory |
Insufficient |
Final appreciation
- The requirements relative to the quality of the honey are fulfilled as long as the mark "insufficient" is not given to any of the criteria.
- Criteria judged "not very satisfactory" must be improved on.
- Criteria of quality judged "insufficient", must be improved immediately.