With a drop of 40% in the bee population in recent years, the Western Cape has a shortfall of 100 000 colonies of bees to meet pollination demands for 2015.
Of the 100 fruits and vegetables we eat, roughly 80 are pollinated by bees. No bees, no pollination, no food.
http://beekind.co.za/index.php/2015/05/17/crisis-in-the-western-cape/
