Article 69 The establishment of origin of bumble bees

Consignments of bumble bees shall only be permitted to enter the Union if the bumble bees of the consignment:

1. (a)

   have been bred and kept in an environmentally isolated bumble bee production establishment which:

   1. (i)

      has facilities which ensure that the production of bumble bees is carried out inside of a flying insect-proof building;

   2. (ii)

      has facilities and equipment which ensure that the bumble bees are further isolated in separate epidemiological units and each colony in closed containers within the building throughout the whole production;

   3. (iii)

      the storage and handling of pollen within the facilities is isolated from the bumble bees throughout the whole production of bumble bees until it is fed to them;

   4. (iv)

      has standard operating procedures to prevent the entry of small hive beetle into the establishment and to regularly survey for the presence of small hive beetle within the establishment;

2. (b)

   within the establishment referred to in point (a), the bumble bees must come from an epidemiological unit in which infestation with Aethina tumida (Small hive beetle) has not been detected.