To be eligible to keep bees, you must be registered as a beekeeper under state legislation.
Residents must obtain written approval from Council or an authorised officer to keep a beehive in a residential area or a resource zone. Residents may keep up to two bee hives on a residential lot. Approval may be granted for more than two hives on a lot that is not zoned residential.
Once approval to keep bees has been granted, a bee hive owners must:
- keep the hive outside, and at least 10 metres from any building other than a fence
- keep the hive at least 10 metres from any footpath, street, right of way or public place
- keep the hive at least five metres from the boundary of the lot
- ensure the hive is enclosed on all sides by a fence, wall or other enclosure.
Please consult the Contact Officer for more information regarding eligibility requirements.