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Policy and compliance
ALERT
NSW DPI has detected varroa mite, which was confirmed as Varroa destructor, in biosecurity surveillance hives at the Port of Newcastle.
NSW DPI is working to protect the NSW honey industry by ensuring we eradicate the parasite.
Adhering to the following compliance standards will ensure good beekeeping practice - resulting in good outcomes for public safety and social amenity, public and neighbourhood relations and biosecurity.
Bee Biosecurity Code of Practice
Developed by industry for industry, the Australian Honey Bee Industry Biosecurity Code of Practice includes basic measures all beekeepers in Australia to help minimise the impact of pests and diseases on bee hives.
Key elements of the code are:
- registration
- reporting diseases
- hive inspections
- controlling or eradicating pests and diseases
- maintaining records
- hive construction and labelling
- neglected hives
- assessment
The Australian Honey Bee Industry Biosecurity Code of Practice
The Code of Practice is also available in Arabic PDF, 488.7 KB and Greek PDF, 484.68 KB.
NSW Biosecurity Act 2015 - compliance forms
Below is a list of regulatory forms in PDF format (you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader to download these forms).
