sec.27BKeeping honey bees

sec.27B Keeping honey bees

A person may keep honey bees on land in the wet tropics area if— the land is private land or land in relation to which native title exists but is not in a rainforest area; and the person is the land-holder or native title holder or has the permission of the land-holder or native title holder to keep the honey bees; and the person keeps the honey bees in a way that— complies with the Biosecurity Act 2014 ; and otherwise minimises the risk of the bees swarming (the relevant risk ). A person keeps honey bees in a way that minimises the relevant risk if— the person ensures— the bee colony is divided into 2 or more units as the swarming season approaches; and additional honey supers for brood rearing and honey storage are provided as reasonably required; and old or failing queen bees are replaced as reasonably necessary; or the person keeps the bees in another way that minimises the relevant risk. For subsection (2) (b) , the authority may prepare guidelines about the ways honey bees may be kept that minimise the relevant risk. If the authority prepares guidelines under subsection (3) , the authority must ensure the guidelines are available for inspection under section 4 . s 27B ins 2020 SL No. 176 s 15 (sec.27B-ssec.1) A person may keep honey bees on land in the wet tropics area if— the land is private land or land in relation to which native title exists but is not in a rainforest area; and the person is the land-holder or native title holder or has the permission of the land-holder or native title holder to keep the honey bees; and the person keeps the honey bees in a way that— complies with the Biosecurity Act 2014 ; and otherwise minimises the risk of the bees swarming (the relevant risk ). (sec.27B-ssec.2) A person keeps honey bees in a way that minimises the relevant risk if— the person ensures— the bee colony is divided into 2 or more units as the swarming season approaches; and additional honey supers for brood rearing and honey storage are provided as reasonably required; and old or failing queen bees are replaced as reasonably necessary; or the person keeps the bees in another way that minimises the relevant risk. (sec.27B-ssec.3) For subsection (2) (b) , the authority may prepare guidelines about the ways honey bees may be kept that minimise the relevant risk. (sec.27B-ssec.4) If the authority prepares guidelines under subsection (3) , the authority must ensure the guidelines are available for inspection under section 4 .

• (a) the land is private land or land in relation to which native title exists but is not in a rainforest area; and
• (b) the person is the land-holder or native title holder or has the permission of the land-holder or native title holder to keep the honey bees; and
• (c) the person keeps the honey bees in a way that— (i) complies with the Biosecurity Act 2014 ; and (ii) otherwise minimises the risk of the bees swarming (the relevant risk ).