I regret that support for small processors does not feature in the proposal for a resolution because encouraging these people basically means encouraging those directly involved in keeping bees.

This sector is characterised by a great diversity of beekeeping conditions and by the dispersion and variety of stakeholders from production to the marketing stage.

48. Reaffirms that the Commission considers honeybees to be a domesticated species, and therefore a livestock sector, which facilitates better health, welfare and protection measures and makes for better information on conserving wild pollinators; calls, therefore, for a bee health protection strategy to be established and for the beekeeping sector to be incorporated into agricultural legislation and veterinary legislation taking account of its specific character, particularly with regard to compensation for beekeepers' losses in their bee population;

with the exception of bees, livestock shall have permanent access to pasture or roughage.

(iii)with the exception of bees, livestock shall have permanent access to pasture or roughage.

Annex I to the Regulation specifies the principles of organic production for plants, livestock (cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses and poultry) and bees, and all products thereof.