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The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Volume IV - 2012 91  • Colonies may be fed with organic feed only to compensate for temporary forage shortages due to weather conditions or other exceptional circumstances. • When bees are placed in wild areas, consideration should be given to their impact on the safety and integrity of indigenous insect population and pollination requirements of native plants. • The treatment and management of hives should respect ACT organic livestock standards. • The ability of bees to adapt to local conditions, their vitality and resistance to diseases should be taken into account. • Honey temperatures should be maintained as low as possible during the extraction and the processing of bee products. • Foraging areas should be large enough and as varied as possible to provide bees with suf fi cient forage and water. • Bees should be kept healthy through preventive measures, selection of appropriate breeds, favorable environment, balanced diet and appropriate husbandry practices. • The sources of forage should be essentially organically produced plants or naturally occurring vegetation. Standards General Management 1. Hives shall be placed in fi elds certi fi ed as organic and/or wild areas that have not been treated with substances prohibited in organic production. The location of hives shall ensure that bees have access to suf fi cient honeydew, nectar and pollen from plant sources which are in accordance with this standard. The operator shall notifyACT immediately of any changes of beekeeping sites. 2. The operator shall not site hives within foraging distances of sources of high-risk contamination and pollution, e.g. non-organic agricultural land exposed to practices with high environmental impact, densely populated urban areas, roads with heavy traf fi c, garbage dumps and incinerators. 3. At the end of the production season, hives shall be left with enough honey and pollen reserves for the colonies to survive the dormancy period. Any Siriwat Wongsiri, Chanpen Chanchoa and Pichai Kongpitak