Kenya holds about 1,000 species of bees and in any given landscape there could be more than 100 types of bees. Through pollination, crops “mate” to produce the food we eat. So if there are no bees, there will be no pollination and no food. PHOTO | FILE******75 per cent of food crops in the world depend on bees for pollination and subsequently for production of the food that sustains us. Kenya holds 1, 000 bees and in any given geographical location, there are more than 100 types of bees.

Source: Daily Nation April 24, 2017 17:15 UTC