Tasmania

Tasmania. Forestry Tasmania has recognised bee-keeping is an important industry in Tasmania, as set out in the Forestry Tasmania document "Guidelines to facilitate Apiculture on State Forest" (1994). This study has estimated that the industry produced output of around $1.5 million for the State. There are likely to be close links between the honey industry and tourism in Tasmania, with the State’s production of leatherwood honey catering to a "boutique" segment of the market. Given the higher prices paid for leatherwood honey, and the importance of paid pollination services in the State, the total value of the Tasmanian industry is likely to be considerably higher than this estimate.