Selected Legal aspects of Protecting Honey Bees from Poisoning from Polish and European Union Perspective

The purpose of this article is to present selected aspects of bee health protection against pesticide poisoning from the perspective of European Union and Polish law. In order to accomplish the research purpose defined in such a way, it was necessary first to address the concept of apicultural activity, which was not defined in Polish law, but its definition was proposed by the doctrine. Next, the harmfulness of pesticides to the health and life of honey bees was demonstrated, and the regulations in EU and Polish law concerning the protection of the health of Apis mellifera from pesticide poisoning were presented. Finally, conclusions were provided concerning, among other things, problems with the application and enforcement of legal norms in practice and the lack of a regulation dedicated to this issue in Polish law.