By Ryan Truscott Honey-hunters in northern Mozambique rely on honeyguide birds to locate three-quarters of their harvest each ...
There are roughly 100 million managed western honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in hives worldwide, with about half in Europe, Africa and western Asia, where the species is native, and the rest ...
Farmers in Africa have lived with bees since the dawn ... They are more like livestock, raised by farmers for honey and bee products production as well as commercial use as pollinators.
combining the European bees' greater honey yields with the African honeybees' adaptation to warmer climates. However, the new hybrid bees also took on a less desirable trait from their African ...