Backyard beekeeping

Summary

Keeping two or three hives of bees as a hobby can be an interesting and rewarding experience but NSW DPI occasionally receives complaints about bees in swimming pools, neighbours being stung or the disease risk of neglected hives.

This Primefact covers some points which need to be considered in relation to backyard beekeeping:

  • legal requirements
  • neighbours
  • number of hives
  • water
  • location in yard
  • bee diseases
  • when to handle your bees
  • when to re-queen
  • swarming



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Primefact 894 Second Edition

Published: 13 May 2019