In countries across Africa, honey bees could help protect wildlife, grow food and make money – so why aren’t more people raising them?

Our need for bees is practical: bees and other pollinators support the food chain. “Some 80% of indigenous flowering plants in Africa benefit from honey bee pollination, and approximately one-third of all food produced is the result of commercial honey bee pollination,” says Mike Allsopp, a honey bee specialist at South Africa’s Agricultural Research Council.
source: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190507-honey-bees-africas-untapped-resource