Nectar flow in Valle del Cauca, Colombia
This week
Strong flow88 · steady · Low confidence
In flower: Clover, Dandelion, Sage and rosemary, and Thistle
Next month: Bramble, Alfalfa, and Blueberry
Read at the region's reference point (3.93, -76.52). The flow changes with altitude and distance: open the map at your own apiary.
Through the year here
The strongest flow is in April and September–December.
What flowers, month by month
- January
- Clover, Sage and rosemary, Dandelion, and Thistle
- February
- Sage and rosemary, Clover, Bramble, and Thistle
- March
- Clover, Sage and rosemary, Thistle, and Dandelion
- April
- Clover, Dandelion, Sage and rosemary, and Thistle
- May
- Clover, Sage and rosemary, Dandelion, and Thistle
- June
- Clover, Sage and rosemary, Thistle, and Dandelion
- July
- Clover, Sage and rosemary, Dandelion, and Thistle
- August
- Clover, Sage and rosemary, Dandelion, and Thistle
- September
- Clover, Sage and rosemary, Dandelion, and Thistle
- October
- Clover, Dandelion, Sage and rosemary, and Thistle
- November
- Clover, Dandelion, Sage and rosemary, and Bramble
- December
- Sage and rosemary, Clover, Thistle, and Bramble
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.
All of Colombia's beekeeping rules