Beekeeping permits for state forests

You need a permit to keep beehives (apiaries) on both plantation and non-plantation lands in state native forests.

Contact the Customer Service Centre to apply for a permit.

Apiary site permits are issued under Section 35 (1) of the Forestry Act 1959.

Site locations

View the apiary site locations online using Queensland Globe:

  • Select Add layers.
  • Enter 'Forest Products DAF apiary site' in the 'Filter layers by name' field.

Apiary site maps for the South-West Forest Management Area

Barakula area, covering:

  • Barakula
  • Binkey
  • Cadarga
  • Condamine
  • Coondarra
  • Diamondy
  • Durah
  • Durong
  • Fairyland
  • Gurulmundi
  • Jingi Jingi
  • Mahen
  • Monogorilby
  • Warranna
  • Wongongera.

Dunmore area, covering:

  • Boonandilla
  • Captains Mountain
  • Cecil Plains
  • Ducklo
  • Dunmore
  • Killwarra
  • Kogan
  • Kumbarilla
  • Waar Waar
  • Weranga
  • Wondul.

Inglewood area, covering:

  • Boondandilla
  • Booroondoo
  • Cement Mills
  • Chinchilla
  • Gore
  • Inglewood
  • Limevale
  • Mt Bodumba
  • Mt Domville
  • Ula Ula and Kinkora
  • Whetstone
  • Wondul
  • Wyaga
  • Yelarbon.

Plantation forests on state-owned land

Permits to operate in a plantation forest on state-owned land are managed by HQPlantations. View the maps of the defined forest area to see where plantation forests are on state-owned land.

Permits are issued under Section 56 of the Forestry Act 1959.