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The flora of a place determines beekeeping and influences nutritional and organoleptic characteristics of honey. To do this, we identified and classified taxonomically floral species with potential bee apiary of the University of Nariño, and the nutritional composition of honey produced was determined. Radial transect methodology and assessment matrix used natural resources; also get information from the community. The bee flora variables and determination of food resources (nectar, pollen nectar/ pollen) were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation between the presence and participation of the plants. Also, changes were determined in the composition of honey at different times, using a completely randomized design. The most important plant species identified by the binomial classification were Brassica rapa, Taraxacumofficinale, Trifoliumrepens, Fragariachiloensis, Eucalyptus globulus. The composition of honey did not show significance (p>0,05) at different times of the year; however, highlights the average values of total solids: 83,45 g/100 g, protein: 0,40 g/100 g, reducing sugar: 69,1 g/100 g Calcium 5,5 mg/100 g, pH 3,8 and 77,9° Brix. The botanical families more interest in beekeeping, Fabaceae and Asteraceae were getting honey polyfloral acceptable nutritional composition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to form a basis for the formulation of future research proposals related to apiculture in family and commercial systems, the work was aimed to characterize some variables related to the behavior of the honey bee (Apis mellifera), and organize the apicultural production process to obtain honey from bees in the Apiary of the Botana Experimental farm at Universidad de Nariño, in Pasto, Colombia. The work was carried out taking into account variables such as: frequency of visits of beesper square meter, colors of visited flora, time spent in visited flowers, offered resource and distance from the hive to visited flora. The characterization of the honey productive process was carried out in three phases specifically: inventory phase, description phase and of procedures phase. The Ethological behavior was analyzed using student's t statistical test, comparing plants frequently visited and time Apis mellifera spent in them. It was observed that Apis mellifera visited most frequently the species Brassica napus, Trifolium repens (White Clover), Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion) and Trifolium pretense (Red Clover). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]