It is the exporter's responsibility to ensure that the animal meets the importing country requirements.
An import permit, statutory declaration and health certificate are required.
Contact the
Biosecurity department of the Solomon Islands for information about the process required to import animals into the Solomon Islands from Australia.
- Email
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Enquiries@biosecurity.gov.sb
Refer to this and the Department’s websites for current information about exporting animals (including any suspensions).
- Note
- Where an importing country issues an import permit, the exporter must ensure the animal meets any requirements in the permit.
As importing country requirements may change without advice to the Department you should check the import permit and/or the country website carefully at the time of preparation for export.
Health certificate
I, __________________________________, an official veterinarian for the government of Australia certify to the best of my knowledge that:
1. Mainland Australia and Tasmania are free from varroosis (Varroa destructor)
2. Australia is free from Tropilaelaps and tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi)
3. Africanised bees (Apis mellifera scutellata and its hybrids) have not been reported in Australia
4. The bees for export were sourced from apiaries that have been inspected by a government apiary officer at least twice yearly in the preceding two years
5. The bees for export were sourced from apiaries that are not less than 200 kilometres from any location where the Asian honey bee (Apis cerana) has been detected
6. American foulbrood (AFB) is a notifiable disease in Australia. The bees for export were sourced from apiaries:
- Where there have been no notifications of AFB for the previous two years
- That have been inspected by a government apiary officer within 30 days of export and where there were no signs of AFB
- Brood was sampled from at least 10% of the hives of the exporting apiaries within 30 days of export. Laboratory testing of these samples were found them to be free of AFB (results attached).
7. European foulbrood (EFB) is a notifiable disease in Australia. The bees for export were sourced from an apiary:
- That is in an area free of EFB
- That has been inspected by a government apiary officer within 30 days of export and where there were no signs of EFB
8. A declaration from the owner of the exporting apiaries is attached stating that of the colonies from which the queen bees intended for export were sourced have been free of clinical signs of
Nosema infection for the previous six months.
Owner declaration
Declaration by the owner of honey bees from Australia to the Solomon Islands regarding clinical signs of
Nosema spp.
Owner Health Declaration
I, (name) ………………………………., of (locality, state/province) ………………………………………… hereby declare that
- The queen bees and escorts described in the schedule above originated from progeny that were bred and reared in:
(country of origin) ……………………………….. and are from an apiary located at: (address) ……………………….. of which I am the registered owner.
- The queen bees and escorts in the export consignment are from colonies that are clinically healthy and have no evidence of the following hazards:
Africanised bees (Apis mellifera scutellata and its hybrids)
Braulafly (Braula coeca)
Cape bees (A. m. capensis)
- The queen bees and escorts in the export consignment are themselves free of physical or behavioural abnormalities.
- The colonies from which the queen bees intended for export were sourced have been free of clinical signs of
Nosema infection for the previous six months.
Declared at …………………………………………….. on …../…../…..
Signature : …………………………………………………………………….
Pre-export preparations
There may be particular requirements for packaging the honey bees for export and you should check this.
Transport requirements
There may be requirements for transportation and approved routes for exporting honey bees and you should check this.
- Note
- The bees may be subject to inspection on arrival.