Nectar flow in the regions of Colombia
Pick a region to see its nectar flow month by month, what flowers now and next month, and Colombia's beekeeping rules.
- Amazonas
- Antioquia
- Arauca
- Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina
- Atlántico
- Bogotá
- Bolívar
- Boyacá
- Caldas
- Caquetá
- Casanare
- Cauca
- Cesar
- Chocó
- Córdoba
- Cundinamarca
- Guainía
- Guaviare
- Huila
- La Guajira
- Magdalena
- Meta
- Nariño
- Norte de Santander
- Putumayo
- Quindío
- Risaralda
- Santander
- Sucre
- Tolima
- Valle del Cauca
- Vaupés
- Vichada
Beekeeping rules in Colombia
You register your Apis mellifera or native stingless bee apiary with ICA using form 3-1598, either at a local ICA office (not the Bogotá head office), through the movement-permit partners, or by e-mail, and ICA will give you back a registration certificate on form 3-1599, since beekeepers and stingless-bee breeders must also register themselves as producers (Resolución ICA 19650/2022).
If you move your hives around, you note on the form the likely locations of the sites you plan to use, including area, municipality, department, extent and contact details, and each year before the season you send ICA the likely locations of your sites, and if you keep native stingless bees you need a licence or authorisation from the environmental authority.
This registration is what ICA uses to oversee beekeeping, to certify Good Beekeeping Practices, and to prove official control if you export bees or bee products.
Sources: Resolución ICA 00019650 de 2022 — registro de predios apícolas y apicultores