In this Topic

• Import Requirements for Queen Bees and Apiary Products
  Entry requirements for importing Bees into Tasmania. Note: Honey comb, used apiary equipment (including bee suits and gloves), and packaged bees may not be imported.
• Beekeeper Registration Form
  Registration Form for Beekeepers.
• AHBIC National Bee Biosecurity Program
  The National Bee Biosecurity Program (NBBP) is a national biosecurity partnership between the honey bee industry, represented by the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council (AHBIC), Plant Health Australia (PHA), and state governments around Australia.
• National Bee Pest Surveillance Program
  The National Bee Pest Surveillance Program is an early warning system to detect new incursions of exotic bee pests and pest bees.
• Codes of Practice
  This Code of Practice for Urban Beekeeping has been developed by members of the Southern Beekeepers Association Inc (SBA) (also known as the Southern Branch of the Tasmanian Beekeepers Association). The Tasmanian Crop Pollination Association has developed a voluntary Code of Practice (COP) that can be used as a guide for contracting pollination services.
• Embargo on Beekeeping Equipment
  Tasmania has introduced movement restrictions on used bee equipment into the State.
• American Foulbrood Disease
  American foulbrood disease (AFB) is one of the major diseases of bees in Tasmania.
• European Foulbrood Disease
  EFB, if left unchecked, will affect a hive to the extent that honey production will cease and the hive may die.
• Small Hive Beetle
  The Small Hive Beetle originated from South Africa and can cause death of the hive and damage to beekeeping equipment.
• Small Hive Beetle Surveillance
  Information on how to collect and send suspect beetles for identification.
• Exporting honey, honeycomb and other apiary products
  To advise exporters and inspectors of the protocol for the treatment of comb honey for export from Tasmania to Mainland Australia, to ensure the comb is free of the bee parasite Braula coeca.
• Further Information and Important Reading
  Links to important reading and further information for Beekeeper's