The article deals with organizational and legal aspects of the formation and activity of the beekeeping associations in Russia. It has been found that beekeeping products are mainly produced by small farms. In order to improve their economic stability and assist them in the organization of bee products marketing, it is important to form sustainable associations all over the Russian Federation. The authors analyzed the organizational and legal forms of the association (union) and agricultural consumer cooperative for the purpose of formation of the beekeeping association subjects. The study found that the association (union) is the preferable organizational and legal form for such units. At the same time, we identified imperfection of the legal regulation of this legal form and proposed some ways to improve it. Also, as a result of the study, the authors found that at the state level there are no legal mechanisms to support agricultural producers in the form of associations (unions). They are legally attached only for the agricultural consumer cooperatives. The authors propose to legally attach the possibility of providing state support to the associations (unions), uniting agricultural producers, including in the field of beekeeping, which will give impetus to the development of this sector of agriculture.

The purpose of the article is to study the aspects of beekeeping regulation as a vector as a vector of green economy’s institutional development. To achieve the objectives indicated, the authors analyze the legal status of bees as objects of legal regulation and legal protection; the beekeeping activity and the legal status of beekeepers and their associations; the issues of state regulation of beekeeping activities. In the course of the study the authors applied the systemic and structural-functional methods of scientific knowledge, the comparative legal method, the method of interpreting legal norms, as well as the logical method. As a result of the study, conclusions were drawn about the need to improve the regulation of beekeeping activities both by the norms of the national legislation of Russia and at the level of the CIS countries. A coordinated state policy to support beekeeping activities within the CIS could significantly affect the development of beekeeping in the CIS countries. In this regard, the proposed measures to improve the legal regulation of beekeeping in Russia and to create mechanisms for state support of beekeeping in the CIS countries are proposed as a vector of institutional development of the green economy.