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Identifying beehives

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Primefact Number: 360    Edition: First edition    Released/reviewed: 01 Jun 2007

The NSW Apiaries Act 1985 requires every person keeping bees in New South Wales to be registered as a beekeeper with NSW Department of Primary Industries. When a beekeeper applies for registration, NSW DPI allocates them a unique registration number, which must be displayed on one of the external walls of the brood box of each hive kept.

This Primefact includes information on the following:

  • Identification numbers
  • The displaying of identification numbers
  • Penalties for failure to display identification numbers
  • Contact details for further information
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