Rules for Moving Bees, Apiary Products and Used Apiary Equipment

​​​​​​​​​​​Import restrictions

General Biose​​curity Direction (Emergency)

Tasmania is currently operating under a General Biosecurity Direction (Emergency), put in place by the Tasmanian Chief Plant Protection ​Officer to assist in further preventing the introduction of Varroa into Tasmania.

Find out more about this direction and other General Biosecurity Directions​.

Export requirements

Honey and other apia​​ry products 

A health certificate for the interstate movement of honey and other apiary products is required to export honey to most Australian jurisdictions. Please check with the biosecurity agency of the state you wish to export for current movement restrictions and certification requirements.

 Health certificate ​apiary related products (PDF 15Kb)

​Hone​ycomb ​

Due to th​e presence of Braula coeca, a flightless bee louse endemic to Tasmania, any honeycomb being sent to mainland Australia must be treated as per the protocol in the below document. The document also includes a declaration form for exporters.

 Honeycomb Export Protocol 2016 (PDF 104Kb)​​

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Movement requirements within Tasmania

Selling bees and beek​​​eeping equipment?

If you are based in Tasmania and would like to sell your bees or used beekeeping equipment to other Tasmanian beekeepers, you will need to fill out and submit a beekeeper vendor declar​ation form​. Alternatively, you can record the sale (or purchase) of bees/beekeeping equipment by making a diary entry in BeeTAS. 

Further instructions on how to add a diary entry can be found on page 10 of the BeeTAS User Guide.