Flujo de néctar en Vichada, Colombia

Apiaries of Apis mellifera and of native stingless bees are registered with the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) on form 3-1598, at any local ICA office (not the Bogotá head office), through the movement-permit partners, or by e-mail; ICA issues a registration certificate (form 3-1599). Beekeepers and stingless-bee breeders register themselves as producers too (Resolución ICA 19650/2022).

Migratory beekeepers list on the form the likely locations of the sites they will use — area, municipality, department, extent and contact — and registered beekeepers send ICA each year, before the season, the likely locations of their sites. Keeping native stingless bees needs a licence or authorisation from the environmental authority.