Bee Protection Ordinance

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Basic data
Title: Ordinance on the use of
pesticides dangerous to bees
Short title: Bee Protection Ordinance
Previous title: Ordinance on pesticides harmful to bees
Abbreviation: BienSchV 1992
Type: Federal Ordinance
Scope: Federal Republic of Germany
Issued on the basis of: Section 3 (1) of the PflSchG
Legal matter: Commercial administrative law , agricultural law , bee law
References : 7823-5-8
Original version from: May 25, 1950
( Federal Gazette No. 131 p. 1)
Entry into force on: July 13, 1950
Last revision from: July 22, 1992
( BGBl. I p. 1410 )
Entry into force of the
new version on: 		5th August 1992
Last change by: Art. 6 VO of June 27, 2013
( Federal Law Gazette I, p. 1953, 1973 )
Effective date of the
last change: 		July 6, 2013
(Art. 9 of June 27, 2013)
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The German Bee Protection Ordinance ( BienSchV ) serves food safety and is intended to protect honey bees from damage caused by pesticides . It is authorized by the Plant Protection Act .

The BienSchV governs the definition of bees dangerous pesticides , the nature of the application, as well as the offenses and the relevant derogations. As part of the approval process for a plant protection product , the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) issues the conditions according to which proper labeling is carried out. It takes place according to the classification of the bee hazard levels that must be present on every end product. For the approval of plant protection products that are dangerous to bees, extensive tests, for example GLP test studies of laboratory, tent and field tests, must be submitted.

history

In the 1920s, when the chemical industry began to flourish, the importance of chemical pesticides increased rapidly. At first, highly toxic substances such as arsenic and lead were used, which is why the “Test Center for Plant Protection Products ” of the Biological Reichsanstalt (BRA) was set up at an early stage (in 1920) . She carried out toxicological studies to assess the effects of the substances used on bees. Based on the results of these investigations, initial recommendations for the use of the plant protection products were issued, taking into account bee protection. Several state governments have implemented appropriate orders. On February 1, 1933, the first order for the control of fruit tree pests and the protection of bees was issued in Mecklenburg , which serves as an orientation for the regulation on pesticides harmful to bees of May 25, 1950. This ordinance was replaced on January 1, 1972 by the ordinance on the protection of bees from the dangers of plant protection products (Bee Protection Ordinance) of December 19, 1972 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2515). The current version of the BienSchV of July 22, 1992 has been in effect since August 5, 1992, the last change of which came into force on August 15, 2002 through the law on the reorganization of consumer health protection and food safety .

criticism

The Bee Protection Ordinance regulates the proper use of plant protection products labeled as "dangerous to bees". Nevertheless, in practice there may be incorrect use of pesticides or unforeseeable events, such as in spring 2008 when the sowing of maize seeds dressed with neonicotinoids led to damage to over 11,000 bee colonies on the Upper Rhine. As a result, the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety ordered the suspension of approval for eight insecticidal seed treatments for maize and, as a precaution, for rapeseed as well.

From 2013, EU-wide restrictions on clothianidin , imidacloprid and thiamethoxam were introduced. This group of active substances is also under discussion as a possible cause of the so-called bee deaths .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas G. Nagel: Bee protection has top priority in plant protection , in: landinfo , 5/2008, pp. 26–31. (PDF file; 56 kB).
  2. ^ Ministry of Agriculture BW: Final report dressing and bee damage .
  3. ↑ Welcome letter from the German beekeeping associations to Agriculture Minister Aigner .

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