Implementing Regulations of The Agriculture Law

1. The Ministry shall issue beekeeping practice licenses (beekeeper’s license) and licenses for establishing modern individual apiaries (modern hives) or traditional apiaries (local hives), including (permanent or mobile apiaries), and shall supervise the same in coordination with the relevant agencies pursuant to the following: a) Only Saudis shall be entitled to engage in beekeeping. b) All beekeepers shall register their data on the Ministry's electronic portal and shall apply for the necessary licenses. c) Offices in cities or governorates, or units in districts, depending on the administrative area where an investor's apiary is located, shall undertake the initial procedures for license issuance and field inspections of apiaries. d) An apiary shall be located at a suitable place for beekeeping that is abundant with bee pastures. e) An apiary shall be located away from populated areas. f) An apiary shall be located away from contaminants, such as fertilizer and pesticide storage areas, and from sources of repulsive odors to honey bee colonies, such as livestock barns and poultry farms. g) The distance between apiaries shall be determined by the Ministry. 72| Implementing Regulations of the Agriculture Law h) For a permanent apiary owned by an individual, a legitimate or legal deed of the site shall be attached. i) A beekeeper shall number his hives and place an identification board on the apiary, indicating its basic information. j) The license of an individually owned apiary shall be valid for a renewable term of three years. 2. Subject to meeting the relevant requirements set out in paragraph (1) of this Article, the Ministry shall license and supervise beekeeping and honey production facilities, in coordination with the relevant agencies, as follows: a) A facility license shall be issued to individual and private sector investors. b) Investors shall record their data on the Ministry's electronic portal and shall apply for a license. c) The land on which the facility is established shall be suitable for the activity, and shall be located outside the urban planning boundaries of cities, villages, governorates, and districts; the approval of the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing shall be attached. d) A legitimate or legal deed shall be attached for the land on which the permanent beekeeping and honey production facility is to be built. e) A technical and economic feasibility study of the facility shall be submitted, as well as any other study required by the Ministry.