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Choose a country. Some already have many connections; others are only beginning to take shape. We show what we know and leave room for what comes next.
12 countries
Argentina is a major honey country with a surprisingly modern story developing underneath its export industry. Government reporting in 2025 counted roughly 22,330 registered producers and 4.2…
Explore country →Bolivia immediately changes the meaning of “honeybee.” In the Chaco of Chuquisaca, Guaraní families still raise native stingless bees, particularly the small *señorita bee, Tetragonisca angustula**, alongside…
Explore country →Brazil may become one of the most structurally important countries in the entire Atlas. The country produced a record 67.3 million kilograms of honey in 2024, but…
Explore country →Chile stretches through so many climates that its honey can move from Mediterranean scrub to cool temperate rainforest without leaving the country. Government data for 2024 recorded…
Explore country →Colombia's mountains make its honey story vertical. Government reporting in 2024 estimated about 163,215 hives and 6,599 tonnes of honey annually, with Antioquia, Sucre, Meta, Huila and…
Explore country →Ecuador may eventually be better known in Honey Chronicles for native stingless bees than for ordinary honeybees. More than 200 stingless-bee species have been identified in the…
Explore country →Guyana's honey industry is growing at a startling pace. Government figures show production rising from 2,128 gallons in 2023 to 27,601 gallons in 2024 and 38,574 gallons…
Explore country →Paraguay reached an important honey milestone in July 2025, when Miel de Abeja de los Humedales del Ñeembucú became the country's first fully registered national Geographical Indication.…
Explore country →Peru may have just given Honey Chronicles one of its biggest bee stories anywhere. A national law enacted in January 2025 protects more than 175 species of…
Explore country →Suriname is giving us two honey worlds at once. In the country's forested interior, Indigenous communities are expanding stingless-bee meliponiculture as an alternative livelihood to destructive logging…
Explore country →Uruguay is a small country with an unusually sophisticated honey-traceability system. Every beekeeper must make an annual declaration of hive stock and hive location through the national…
Explore country →Uruguay is a small country with an unusually sophisticated honey-traceability system. Every beekeeper must make an annual declaration of hive stock and hive location through the national…
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