VAA Resources
resources@vicbeekeepers.com.au
Resources Chair: Andrew McCallum
0448 577 780
Secretary: Keely McDonald
0467 159 936
Email: resources@vicbeekeepers.com.au
VAA Regional Contacts
North East:
Andrew McCallum
0448 577 780
Email: resources@vicbeekeepers.com.au
Gippsland:
Neil Barraclough
0429 888 706
Email: neilbarra@bigpond.com
Port Phillip:
Paul Davies
03 9738 0456
Email: paul@heathmonthoney.com.au
North West:
Andrew Devlin
0427 102 482
Email: adevlin2907@outlook.com
West:
Daryll Hobbs
0427 340 197
Email: lingmer1@outlook.com
Central:
Matt Lorenz
0400 458 252
Email: matt@lorenzapiaries.com.au
VAA Regional Groups
Bendigo Branch:
Secretary: Peta Dawe
Email: bbvaasecretary@gmail.com
Chair: Stafford Kelly Email: bbvaachair@gmail.com
Treasurer: Michael St.Clair Email: bbvaatreasurer@outlook.com
Meetings: 1st Wednesday of each month (except Jan & Dec). Dinner at 6.00pm (optional).
Meeting at 7.00pm. Location: Lakeside Hotel, Bendigo. Please register with the Secretary to attend.
Melbourne Section:
Chair: Sue Ditchfield
Secretary: Gill Greenstein
0422 058 180
Email: vaamelbournesection@hotmail.com
www.vicbeekeepers.com.au/Melbourne-Section
Meetings: Last Thursday of each month (except December). Meeting at 7.00pm. Location: Church of Christ, 1 The Avenue, Surry Hills.
Sunraysia Branch:
Naomi Forbes-Wilson
0407 243 313
Email: billabonghoney@yahoo.com
VAA Inc. Library Trust
Chair: Bruce Diggles
0491 617 378
Email: brucediggs160@gmail.co
Agriculture Victoria
Agriculture Victoria’s Apiary Team
https://agriculture.vic.gov.au
To report a suspect exotic please call Exotic Plant Pest Hotline 1800 084 881
For enquiries and endemic disease notification please call 136 186 Email: honeybee.biosecurity@agriculture.vic.gov.au
For beekeeper registration please log onto BeeMAX: www.bees.agriculture.vic.gov.au or call the Bee Registration Helpline 1800 356 761 Email: beekeeper.registration@agriculture.vic.gov.au
Current Apiary Officers:
Karyn Di Florio
Biosecurity Manager Apiary
0448 941 756
Email: honeybee.biosecurity@agriculture.vic.gov.au
Adam Maxwell
Biosecurity Officer Apiary
0428 893 595
Bee Biosecurity Officers:
Ashton Edgley
0427 135 169
Email: honeybee.biosecurity@agriculture.vic.gov.au
Junie Rey Bag-Ayan
0409 197 551
Email: honeybee.biosecurity@agriculture.vic.gov.au
If you can’t reach an Officer and need to talk to someone urgently, please call the Customer Service Centre on 136 186.
DEECA for bee sites on Crown land
All enquiries should go to: Email: adminhub@deeca.vic.gov.au
Other contacts
Australian Honey Bee Industry Council (AHBIC):
CEO: Danny Le Feuvre
0402 467 780
Email: ahbic@honeybee.org.au www.honeybee.org.au
Crop Pollination Association Inc
President: Steve Fuller
0488 434 498
Email: president.cpaa.aus@gmail.com
Secretary: Janet Clyde
0417 494 867
Email: jclyde.cpaa@gmail.com
Agrifutures Honey Bee & Pollination Program
Annie Stoddart
Program Coordinator Research
02 69236918
Email: annie.stoddart@agrifutures.com.au
VFF State Beekeeping Branch:
Secretary: Gail Rochelmeyer
0408 592 091
Collingwood Children’s Farm Apiary
Open 2nd & 4th Sunday of each month, from 10.30am-3.30pm.
Email: collingwoodbees@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/collingwoodbee
Affiliated Organisations
The Beekeepers Club Inc.
Secretary: Theresa Brown
Email: secretary@beekeepers.org.au
Meetings: 3rd Thursday of each month.
Location: NewHope Baptist Church, 3 Springfield Road, Blackburn North
Central Victorian Apiarists’ Association Inc.
Millie Enbom-Goad
0400 083 582
Email: cvaa_inc@outlook.com
Geelong Beekeepers Club
President: Nathan Whitford
0403 807 224
Email: info@geelongbeekeepersclub.org.au
Meetings: 3rd Friday of each month.
Location: Belmont Masonic Centre, 25 Regent Street, Belmont
Gippsland Apiarists’ Association Inc.
President: Stan Glowacki
0413 136 878
Email: jeeralangapiary@bigpond.com
Secretary: Lorraine Glowacki
0402 026 111
Email: secretarygaa1966@gmail.com
J Beekeeping Club Inc.
Secretary: Kevin O’Sullivan
0400 667 125
Email: enquiries@jbeekeeping.org
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of each month (Except January). Meeting at 7.00pm.
Location: Goonawarra Community Centre, 20 Dornoch Drive, Sunbury, VIC 3429.
Latrobe Valley Beekeepers Assoc.
President: Sean-Paul Smith
0466 041 199
Email: LatrobeValleyBees@gmail.com
Meetings: 1st Tuesday of each month. Meeting at 7.00pm.
Location: Old Moe Netball Courts, 99 Savages Road, Moe.
Melbourne Beekeepers Club Inc.
Secretary: Anita Conroy
Email: secretary@melbournebeekeepersclub.org.au
www.melbournebeekeepersclub.org.au
Mornington Peninsula Beekeepers Association
Vice-President: Bryannah Downward
0401 965 558
Email: admin@mpba.org.au
Meetings: 4th Wednesday of each month (except June and December). Meeting at 7.00pm.
Location: Mornington Park Pavilion, 9 Flinders Drive, Mornington, VIC 3931.
Moonee Valley Beekeepers Club Inc.
Secretary: Paul Kucera
Email: mvbeekeepersclub@gmail.com
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of each month (except January). Meeting at 7.30pm.
Location: Hall, 195 Holmes Rd, Moonee Ponds, VIC 3039.
North Eastern Apiarists’ Association Inc.
Secretary: Moss McCallum
Email: secretary.neaa@gmail.com
Northwestern Bee Club Inc.
President: Roger Mitchell
0407 427 431
Email: northwesternbeeclub@gmail.com www.nwbeeclub.store
South Gippsland Beekeepers Inc.
Secretary: Anna Jones
0411 770 062
Email: secretary@sgbeekeepers.org.au
www.southgippslandbeekeepers.org.au
Meetings: 2nd Thursday of each month.
Location: St Peters Anglican Church Hall, cnr McCartin Street & Bruce Street, Leongatha
Southside Beekeepers Club
Secretary: Ted Cottle
0428 429 547
Email: ted@southsidebeekeepers.com.au
Meetings: 2nd Thursday of each month. Meeting at 7.30pm.
Location: Monterey Secondary College, 21 Silvertop Street, Frankston North, VIC 3200.
WerriBeeks Inc.
President: Marthinus Noyce
Email: info@werribeeks.org.au
www.werribeeks.org.au
Meetings: 3rd Monday of each month.
Meeting at 7.00pm. Location: Wyndham Park Community Centre, 55/57 Kookaburra Avenue, Werribee.
Woodend Bee-Friendly Society
An action group of the Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group
Action Group Lead: Matthew Croatto
Email: wbfs@mrsg.org.au
www.mrsg.org.au/beekeeping
Meetings: 3rd Sunday of each month (except December). Meeting at 3.00pm.
Location: Woodend Neighbourhood House, 47 Forest Street, Woodend, VIC 3442.