Nectar flow in the regions of Chile

You must register your apiaries in the National Register of Beekeepers kept by SAG, choosing one or more categories — production, pollination, selection and breeding, or other — and this is done through SIPEC Apícola (sipecweb.sag.gob.cl or any SAG office), with SAG asking you to declare your apiaries every October (Ley 21.489 Arts. 5-6; Res. Exenta 8.196/2015).

If you, a vet or a farm professional learns of a notifiable bee disease, you must report it to SAG, and SAG may declare sanitary control zones, quarantines and hive isolation, meaning you'll need its authorisation to move hives in those situations (Art. 10; Art. 11).

Farmers who apply pesticides labelled toxic to bees must warn the beekeepers registered in SIPEC Apícola in the area at least 48 hours beforehand by a verifiable means — starting January 2026 for highly toxic products and April 2026 for moderately toxic ones — and must compensate beekeepers if they break this rule, so keeping your SIPEC data current is what lets these warnings reach you (Art. 12; SAG).

Sources: Ley N° 21.489 (Ley Apícola) · SAG — SIPEC Apícola · Res. Exenta SAG 8.196/2015