Art. 23e Ordinance of October 31, 2012, on Breeding (OE) - Conditions for Granting Contributions for Honey Bees

Contributions for the preservation of Swiss breeds with a "critical" status are granted for a queen or a drone queen of honey bees that: a. is registered or mentioned in a herd-book; b. whose mother is registered or mentioned in a herd-book of the same breed; c. whose paternal pedigree contains at least the drone queen of the first or second generation of ancestors; the drone queens concerned must be registered or mentioned in a herd-book of the same breed as that of the queen or the drone queen, with the understanding that only one second-generation ancestral drone queen may be registered or mentioned in the herd-book; d. has a blood percentage equal to or greater than 87.5% of the corresponding breed; the blood percentage must be verified by a DNA analysis or by a pedigree certificate, and the DNA analysis must be performed according to an internationally recognized scientific method based on single nucleotide polymorphism analysis; and e. has at least one living queen descendant, who: 1. has been certified during the reference period, 2. is registered or mentioned in the herd-book, and 3. has a blood percentage equal to or greater than 87.5% of the corresponding breed; the blood percentage must be verified by a DNA analysis or by a pedigree certificate, and the DNA analysis must be performed according to an internationally recognized scientific method based on single nucleotide polymorphism analysis. The living descendant referred to in paragraph 1, letter e, must also have a degree of inbreeding based on at least three generations and not exceeding 6.25%. Regarding honey bees, the three-generation pedigree of the living descendant must also include, on the paternal side, at least the mother of the concerned drone queens.

Contributions are only granted if the number of females registered in the herd-book that have completed an open testing or testing according to the circular blind exchange system does not exceed 1000.

Contributions are only granted if the recognized breeding organization provides the operator of GENMON with the herd-book data and the information necessary for calculating the global index at least once a year.

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