Insurance for Individual Recreational Beekeepers | 10-04-2025 to 10-04-2026

This insurance is valid for VAA members. You must maintain VAA membership for the entire period of the insurance cover. If your VAA membership lapses during the term of insurance, the insurance will no longer be valid. Insurance package Insurance for individual beekeepers and bee clubs. • The policy brokers are AON. The insurer is SLE Worldwide. Supporting insurers: Lloyd’s Underwriters. • The policy is valid from the date of purchase until 10 April 2026. The excess is $1000 for each claim. Activities Covered: Public liability of $20,000,000 The following activities are covered for individual beekeepers with up to 200 hives. • Maintenance of one or more apiary sites with beehives. Includes viewing and inspecting hives. • Assembling & building beekeeping equipment. Working on beehives, moving beehives • Collecting bee swarms and established colonies. (The collection of swarms and established colonies (e.g. feral hive cut-outs) must be a community service and not a commercial undertaking and incidental to the member’s usual beekeeping activities) • Extracting, bottling or packing honey and honey products. • Selling honey and honey products. • Collect, process and use beeswax. • Selling beekeeping equipment. • Attending markets and shows. NOTE: Activities for individual members do not include: Liabilities arising from any damage made/caused by the beekeeper to gain access to the bees, such as in swarm collection and feral hive collection (e.g. cut-outs) provided the swarm collection and feral hive collection is done on a voluntary basis. Product Liability: $20,000,000 Products Covered: The following products are covered for individual beekeepers: Apiarian/ bee products including the production, distribution and sale of: • Honey: Liquid, Creamed, Candied, Honeycomb and Chunk Honey • Creamed or liquid honey with up to 8% natural fruit/plant flavouring • Pollen • Queen bees • Bee colonies • Bees wax and candles • Bees wax furniture polish