WA Council rules and regulations about keeping bees

Below we have listed a link collection of rules and regulations indicating the file name and what to look out for. The below list should assist you as a guide on your own investigation about keeping bees in your specific case and area.

Generally most of the councils will ask you to stay away from property boundaries a certain distance, maintain a water source preferably 10-15m away from the hive, avoid flight path crossing bus stops or cycle path. Some councils may have application fees while others do not have any fees involved. Also there will be limitations in regards to how many hives you can have onsite.

This is blog entry is a "living document" and will be extended as needed, please feel free to send us your council regulation and we will happily add it to our collection. In case your council's document is not listed, let us know and will try to find it and post it. Generally beekeeping related rules are mostly found under your specific councils health or animal section in majority of the cases, others seem to still lack that information, and will need to be contacted.

Collection of Beekeeping related council rules

Armadale	CITY OF ARMADALE ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS AND NUISANCE LOCAL LAWS 2002
Bassendean	TOWN OF BASSENDEAN - BEE KEEPING LOCAL LAW
Bayswater	CITY OF BAYSWATER HEALTH LOCAL LAWS 2001
Belmont	City of Belmont Health Local Laws 2002
Cambridge	TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE ANIMALS LOCAL LAW 2016
Canning	CITY OF CANNING CONSOLIDATED LOCAL LAWS
Cockburn	Wasps, Bees, Flies and Millipedes
Cottesloe	Local Laws on Keeping of Bees
East-Fremantle	Town of East Fremantle - Repeal Local Law 2017
Gosnells	CITY OF GOSNELLS PUBLIC HEALTH LOCAL LAW 2017
Joondalup	Online Beekeeper registration form!
Kalamunda	Application for Licence to Keep Bees
Kwinana	TOWN OF KWINANA BEE KEEPING LOCAL LAW 2002
Mandurah	CITY OF MANDURAH ANIMALS, ENVIRONMENT AND NUISANCE LOCAL LAW 2010
Mosman Park	TOWN OF MOSMAN PARK BEE KEEPING LOCAL LAW 2010
Mundaring	SHIRE OF MUNDARING HEALTH LOCAL LAWS 2003
Nedlands	Information Sheet
Perth.City	Can I keep bees section
Rockingham	Bee Keeping Requirements
South-Perth	Bees website
Stirling	CITY OF STIRLING BEE KEEPING LOCAL LAW 2008
Subiaco	Draft Beekeeping Policy
Victoria-Park	Keeping bees
Wanneroo	Bee Keeping Local Law

* Please let us know which ones Council rules are missing and we are happy to update the list for completion.

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Happy beekeeping,

The QuickWings Team

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