Beekeeping Registration - New South Wales

Description

You will require this biosecurity registration if you intend to deal with or keep honey bees in New South Wales. This registration is required even if you only have one hive.

An important condition of registration is to comply with the Australian Honey Bee Industry Code of Practice.

Please consult the Contact Officer for more information.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Exemptions

You may be exempt from this registration if you are authorised to deal with bees in another state and you do not intend to keep the bees in NSW for more 3 months in any 12 month period.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this registration, you must:

  • use a frame hive to store bees
  • have the capacity to comply with biosecurity duties and regulations
  • satisfy the Secretary that you are a suitable person for registration.

Please consult the Contact Officer for more information regarding eligibility requirements.

Ongoing eligibility requirements

There are several on-going mandatory measures to manage and control the risk of bee pests and diseases. These can be found in the attached documents.

Duration

Registration remains in force for a period (not exceeding 5 years) specified by the Secretary.

Expiry

You must notify the sale or disposal of any beehives no later than 21 days after the disposal.

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $100.00 Business Registration valid for two years. Note that a 10% discount applies if paying online.
Apply Application All $60.00

Recreational Registration valid for two years. Note that a 10% discount applies if paying online.
Apply Application All $40.00

Concession Registration valid for two years. Note that a 10% discount applies if paying online.

Act(s) name

Biosecurity Act 2015 New South Wales

Regulation(s) name

Biosecurity Regulation 2017 New South Wales

Approval time

Applicants will be notified of the Secretary's decision within 60 days.

Additional information

Any beekeeper or person working with bees, hives, apiary equipment or apiary products has a responsibility for managing biosecurity risks that they know about or could reasonably be expected to know about. This includes but is not limited to the duty to notify of becoming aware of bee pests and to prohibit the importation into NSW of certain carriers that are suspected to be infected.

Disqualified persons or entities

You may not be eligible for this registration if:

  • you have provided false or misleading information to the Secretary
  • you have a history of non-compliance with biosecurity legislation
  • you have previously held biosecurity registration and that registration has been cancelled
  • you are considered an unsuitable person for registration by the Secretary
  • there would be an unacceptable biosecurity risk if registration was granted.

Administering agency

Department of Planning, Industry and Environment

NSW Department of Primary Industries

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.

Please use these contact details for help or more information:

Regulatory Specialist (Apiaries)

NSW Department of Primary Industries

Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
Mailing address: PO BOX 546
Gunnedah, New South Wales 2380
Phone: 02 6741 8374
Fax: 02 6742 4018
Mobile: 0402 078 963
Email: michael.rankmore@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Website: Beekeeping Registration (Opens in new window)