Beekeeping in Africa Beekeeping in Africa Westafrican honeybees at the entrance of the hive.
African bees are very productive but many races are very aggressive as well.
In the African climate the bees can survive in the open even if the swarm is hanging from a branch of a big tree. There are more races of honeybees. Africa is the largest area where Apis mellifera original lived. The borderlines between the different races are not well known. Loghives hanging from a tree in Tanzania Beekeeping has a very long tradition in Africa.