> I strongly recommend beekeepers to try getting into the meetings where 
> local demands are made. Beekeepers need to be there to see that the 
> rules come out in such way that it is possible to produce honey 
> accconding to them. I think that all countires should be able to 
> produce organic honey for their own consumers.

I agree with this.  We have been able to positively (for the 
beekeepers) impact and change our local organic certification 
requirements.

There are other requirements that no one seems to really have the 
answer to what constitutes the "organic benefit" of the ruling, but the 
requirements stand anyway.  We have built our apiary from 100% feral 
hives (pretty natural and organic, I would think).  Even though we use 
nothing inorganic in our capture methods, we are required to show 
documentation that we have maintained these hives for at least nine 
months before we are able to claim their honey is certified organic.  
The reasoning is that we had no control over the inputs to the hive 
prior to our capture (someone may have come along and tried to poison 
them).  They are assuming that after nine months of maintenance using 
organic methods, any harmful substance would have worn off.  We are, 
however, able to place these in our apiaries next to certified organic 
hives.

Be active with your organic certification board and share your 
knowledge.  No one on our board has beekeeping experience, so they 
welcome our input.

~Molokai Meli
producers of certified organic "Premium Silky" white honey

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