The subject of the research is the set of legal norms regulating relations in the beekeeping sector in the Russian Federation, as well as the practice of their implementation under the Federal Law of December 30, 2020, No. 490-FZ "On Beekeeping in the Russian Federation." The object of the study consists of social relations that develop during the beekeeping activities, the protection of bees, the use of pesticides and agrochemicals, as well as the interaction between beekeepers, agricultural producers, and public authorities. The author examines in detail aspects of the topic such as the systematization of legislation on beekeeping, the relationship between federal and regional regulation, and the intersectoral interaction of agricultural, environmental, and veterinary law norms. Special attention is paid to the legal mechanisms for protecting bee colonies from the negative effects of chemical substances, the procedures for notifying about agricultural treatments, and the issues of establishing causal relationships when compensating for damage caused by bee deaths. The methodological basis of the research consists of dialectical, formal-legal, systemic-structural, comparative-legal, and logical-legal methods, which allowed the analysis of legal acts, judicial practices, and doctrinal approaches to regulating relations in the field of beekeeping. The main conclusions of the conducted research are that the modern legal regulation of beekeeping in the Russian Federation, despite the adoption of a special federal law, retains a fragmented and intersectoral nature. A significant contribution of the author to the study of the topic is the identification of remaining gaps in the systematization of legislation, as well as the justification of the need for clearer coordination of the norms of agricultural, environmental, and veterinary law. The novelty of the research lies in a comprehensive assessment of federal and regional legislation, taking into account the comparative-legal analysis of the legislation of the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Kazakhstan. As a result, the author concludes that further improvement of Russian legislation is necessary through the unification of notification procedures for pesticide use, the development of unified methodologies for establishing harm and causal relationships, and a clearer delineation of the competencies of public authorities in the relevant area.
Danila Vital'evich Petuhov (Tue,) studied this question.