Div 2Hive identification

Division 2—Hive identification 9—Hive identification (1) A registered beekeeper must ensure that each hive in which bees are kept by the beekeeper is marked in accordance with this regulation with a hive identification code allocated to the beekeeper in writing by the Chief Inspector. (2) Unless otherwise directed by the Chief Inspector, the hive identification code must be marked on a hive in the following manner: (a) subject to subregulation (3), the code must be placed in the centre of an external vertical face of the hive; and (b) the code may be burned, stencilled, embossed, carved or etched directly onto the face of the hive, or it may be inscribed on a metal plate secured to the face of the hive; and (c) each character of the code must be 30 millimetres in height. (3) If the face of a hive has previously been marked with a hive identification code (or a brand under the Apiaries Act 1931), any subsequent hive identification codes allocated to the hive must be marked on the same vertical face, the first such code being placed in the top left hand corner of that face and each subsequent code being placed in the next corner proceeding clockwise. (4) A registered beekeeper must ensure that any swarm catch box kept by the beekeeper other than at the beekeeper's usual place of residence is marked on the outside with the beekeeper's name and telephone number in characters that are at least 25 millimetres in height.