Farm animals and horses
Farm animals are domesticated animals useful for agriculture or forestry and other industries, e.g., cattle (for milk, meat), sheep (for wool, milk, meat), horses and donkeys (as work animals), chickens (for eggs and meat), honey bees (for honey). The animals are kept directly or indirectly for the production of food or for some other service.
Information about different animal species
Animal welfare plays an essential role in the keeping of farm animals. More information on animal welfare.
Contact persons bees
Bee Inspector
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Bee inspector Markus Beck Tel.: +423 780 66 15
Deputy bee inspector
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Rebekka Biedermann Biedermann.Rebekka@schulen.li Tel.: +423 782 43 82
Bee stands
The Food and Veterinary Office records all occupied and unoccupied bee stands. In cooperation with the Liechtenstein Beekeepers Association, the name and address of the beekeepers, number of colonies, location and coordinates of all bee stands are kept up to date.
Stock control / treatment journal
Whoever keeps, buys, sells or transfers bee colonies must keep a stock control. In it all inflows and outflows are to be registered. In the case of bees, the locations of the colonies and the dates of displacement must be recorded.
When transferring bees to locations outside the beekeeper's own bee inspection area, the beekeeper must report this in advance to the bee inspector of the old as well as the new location. If necessary, the bee inspector of the old location will carry out a health check. The transfer of mating units to voucher stations is exempt from this notification requirement. The country of Liechtenstein forms a single bee inspection circle.
The beekeeper is a food producer and livestock keeper. As such, he is also obliged to record the use of veterinary medicines in a treatment journal. This documentation is a precaution to protect consumers from undesirable veterinary drug residues in honey and to ensure the proper use of veterinary drugs.
The signed original must be submitted to the bee inspector by April 15, 2024; a copy must be retained by the beekeeper for three years.
Honey control
Every beekeeper who marks his honey with the label of the Liechtenstein Beekeepers' Association undertakes to comply with basic duties of care. These are checked within the framework of the honey control. The inspection carried out by the honey inspectors is documented on the recording sheet for honey inspection
The controls are organized by the Liechtenstein Beekeepers Association and supervised by the Food and Veterinary Office.
This guarantees compliance with the Principles of Good Manufacturing Practice (GHP) Liechtenstein Bee Honey.
Bee diseases
The various diseases that can threaten domestic bee colonies are among the animal diseases.