BEE FORAGE
passing on a liability to the
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assessment report that will
accompany their permit
application.
Permit applications and
queries to [email protected].
Download a permit application for your Category 2 gum
tree species from:
www.environment.gov.za/doc
uments/forms or
www.invasives.org.za
Selling a property populated
with invasive gums means
new owner. Invasive gum
trees need to be listed on the
compulsory Declaration of
Invasive Species form filled
out by any seller of property –
and handed as notification to
the buyer – before any sale of
property can be concluded in
South Africa. A copy of this
form needs to be sent to the
Biosecurity Compliance
Officer, Dept of
Environmental Affairs, 14
Loop Street, Cape Town,
8001 or [email protected].
But smallholders can also
consciously create beeforaging areas by protecting
our natural vegetation and
avoiding unnecessary clearing
of virgin land), and should be
aware of the environmental
impact of planting processes
and animal husbandry
practices.
Be sure to consider planting
indigenous bee-friendly plants
when gardening, planting
windbreaks or when rehabili-
QUIRKY
Red flowering gum
A stand of grey
ironbark trees
tating land.
The following grow in
Gauteng: Acacia trees such as
hook thorn, monkey thorn
and sweet thorn; buchu; aloes
such as kanniedood, spotted
aloe or mountain aloe; wild
asparagus; bushwillow; wild
pear; bushveld boekenhout;
protea species; cat thorn;
karee; Senecio api Y