Anyone seeking to import queen bees or bee semen into Victoria from overseas via a Post Entry Quarantine facility must notify Agriculture Victoria.
Your legal obligations as a beekeeper in Victoria under the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 and Regulations 2017.
Oxytetracycline hydrochloride (OTC) can only be legally obtained from a vet to control European foulbrood. Your vet will ask for evidence of European foulbrood
The beekeeping on public land policy and standard operating procedure outline the conduct for beekeeping on public land including forests, parks and reserves.
Beekeepers must notify the Bees Registrar in writing within 7 days of a hive being disposed of, sold or given away.
This antibiotic is a prescription animal remedy and the only treatment approved for control of European foulbrood.
Legal requirements for introducing bees, bee products, bee collected pollen, used hive components and beekeeping equipment into Victoria from another state or territory.
We acknowledge the traditional Aboriginal Owners of Country throughout Victoria, their ongoing connection to this land and we pay our respects to their culture and their Elders past, present and future.