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GB/T 45551-2025Technical specification for performance testing of honey bees (English PDF)

蜜蜂生产性能测定技术规范

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Issued by

SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

April 25, 2025

Implementation date

November 1, 2025

Scope

GB/T 45551-2025 is the English-translated version of 蜜蜂生产性能测定技术规范.

GB/T 45551-2025 is the Chinese national standard covering what a colony of Apis mellifera or Apis cerana actually produces — the annual yields of honey, royal jelly, pollen, propolis and beeswax, the reproductive performance and the stress resistance, the number of colonies that has to be measured before a figure means anything, the feeding and management held constant so that two colonies can be compared, and the data collection and file management. First edition, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. In force from 1 November 2025. Issued on 25 April 2025, it has been in force since 1 November 2025.

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National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS: 65.020.30
Classification: B 47

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
3.1 Honey yield
3.2 Royaljelyyield
3.3 Powder production beepolenyield
3.4 Propolisyield
3.5 beeswaxyield

Foreword

This document is in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Guidelines for standardization work Part 1: Structure and drafting rules for standardization documents" Drafting.

Please note that some of the contents of this document may involve patents. The issuing organization of this document does not assume the responsibility for identifying patents.

This document was proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China.

This document is under the jurisdiction of the National Technical Committee on Animal Husbandry Standardization (SAC/TC274).

This standard was drafted by: National Animal Husbandry Station, Bee Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and Jilin Beekeeping Science Research Institute.

The main drafters of this standard.

Technical specification for measuring honey bee production performance

1 Scope

This document specifies the requirements for the measurement indicators, measurement quantity, feeding management, information collection and file management of bee production performance, and describes Determination method.

This document applies to the production, reproductive performance and stress resistance of honey bees (Apismellifera) and (Apiscerana) Determination of performance.

2 Normative references

GB/T 20573

GB/T 34781

GB/T 35868

GB/T 41227

GB/T 43559

NY/T 639

3 Terms and definitions

The terms and definitions defined in GB/T 20573 and the following apply to this document.

3.1 Honey yield

The total amount of commercial honey that a bee colony can produce in one year.

3.2 Royaljelyyield

The total amount of royal jelly that a bee colony can produce in a year.

3.3 Powder production beepolenyield

The total amount of bee pollen a bee colony can produce in a year.

3.4 Propolisyield

The total amount of propolis that a bee colony can produce in one year.

3.5 beeswaxyield

The total amount of beeswax a bee colony can produce in a year.

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Referenced standards

Normative references

NY/T 639

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Editions of GB/T 45551

Edition	Title	Revision	Status
GB/T 45551-2025	Technical specification for performance testing of honey bees	current edition	Current

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