The BEE factor
As the primary pollinators of edible crops, bees are extremely important, and without them very little food can be produced. The decline in the honeybee population as a result of pesticides and monocropping has been disastrous in terms of crop production. Many farmers have been forced to hire active hives from beekeepers during the pollinating season (July to October). Research has shown the more times the flower is pollinated, the bigger the fruit.
According to the Agricultural Research) is one. Apart from the mopane bee (sometimes called the mopane fly, a gnat-like insect that makes small amounts of honey), South Africa has only two indigenous honeybee species: the Cape or black honeybee () and the African honeybee ().
