The practice of using bees to pollinate fruit crops is as new as the beekeeping industry in most parts of tropical Africa, although the practice has started in a few places in northern and southern Africa. This technology describes how farmers could utilize bees for pollination for their advantages via cooperation with beekeepers. This technology is part of a series on hive management derived from the FAO publication ‘Beekeeping in Africa’.

Related/associated technologies

• Beekeeping in Africa: traditional and modern beehives and beekeeping equipment: ID 7273.
• Beekeeping in Africa: installation of beehives (with particular focus on the top bar hive): ID 7291. 
• Beekeeping in Africa: site selection for beehives: ID 7323.
• Beekeeping in Africa: colonization of a beehive: ID 7324. 
• Beekeeping in Africa: colony management III: record keeping and nest control: ID 7327.
• Beekeeping in Africa: colony management I: examining the colony and controlling swarming: ID 7328. 
• Beekeeping in Africa: honey and bee wax extraction: ID 7330. 
• Beekeeping in Africa: responding to common bee diseases: ID 7332. 
• Beekeeping in Africa: choosing and rearing a queen: ID 7333.
• Beekeeping in Africa: colony management II: dividing, uniting and feeding a colony: ID 7326.
• Beekeeping in Africa: honey harvesting: ID 7329.