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.