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.