Producers
APISIERRA
beekeepers' association · honey producer · honey marketer · conservation-linked rural producer organization
Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
Asociación de Apicultores Conservacionistas de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
APISIERRA is a Colombian association of conservation-minded beekeepers in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Environmental-agency and science-program records describe it as producing and marketing honey, pollen, and propolis while linking beekeeping with forest and biodiversity conservation.
About the Producer
A little history
Public records describe APISIERRA as a non-profit association founded in 2004. A later science-program record documents its participation in a 2020 strengthening initiative focused on production, quality, marketing, and knowledge of native bees.
How They Work
Beekeeping in practice
APISIERRA is an association of beekeepers that produces and markets honey, pollen, and propolis, linking beekeeping with conservation. Public records also document a native stingless-bee honey initiative involving Tetragonisca angustula.
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
CORPAMAG states that APISIERRA's hives are located in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Siberia, Ciénaga, Magdalena, Colombia
CORPAMAG's regional portfolio lists APISIERRA in the corregimientos of Siberia and San Pedro de la Sierra; a university research article specifically documents APISIERRA's San Pedro nucleus apiaries in Ciénaga.
San Pedro de la Sierra, Ciénaga, Magdalena, Colombia
The Universidad Nacional de Colombia journal article reports that APISIERRA's San Pedro de la Sierra nucleus has apiaries in that corregimiento, within the Sierra Nevada jurisdiction.
Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
CORPAMAG lists APISIERRA's public business contact location in Santa Marta; this is not treated as a honey-harvest claim.
Products & Specimens
What connects to this producer
Products listed by the Producer are kept separate from specimens held in the Collection.
Miel de abejas
Floral source: Unknown; no product-specific floral or monofloral claim was located.
Documented origin: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Origin detail: Region
CORPAMAG identifies honey among APISIERRA's products and states that its hives are in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. This supports regional production geography, but not a narrower harvest locality or floral source for an individual jar.
Miel de Tetragonisca angustula (native stingless-bee/Angelitas honey)
Floral source: Unknown; the source discusses flora frequented by stingless bees but does not identify a floral source for this honey.
Documented origin: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
Origin detail: Region
A Minciencias innovation record documents APISIERRA's experience producing honey from Tetragonisca angustula in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. This verifies a documented production initiative, not a currently available commercial SKU.
People
People connected to the work
- Edwin Traslavino Public business contact
Practices
How they work
- Links beekeeping to forest conservation and biodiversity protection.
- Native stingless-bee management and improved honey handling were developed through a documented Tetragonisca angustula initiative.
- Associated members define forest-conservation zones linked to apiaries and meliponaries and commit to conserving water sources.
Sources for this profile
- corpamag.gov.co
- corpamag.gov.co
- corpamag.gov.co
- unodc.org
- acienciacierta.minciencias.gov.co
- apropiaconsentido.minciencias.gov.co
- revistas.unal.edu.co
- fedeabejas.org
- repository.ucc.edu.co
- ventanillaverde.cvc.gov.co
- cop26.minambiente.gov.co
- corpamag.gov.co
- acienciacierta.minciencias.gov.co
- redecolsierra.org