Jenny Cullinan is the director of Ujubee NPC, which has been researching wild honeybees and the native solitary bees in their natural environments for the past 15 years. 

Based mostly in Cape Point Nature Reserve, but also in the Klein Karoo, Greater Karoo, Langeberg mountains and many other biomes in South Africa. Ujubee endeavours to learn from all species of bees in the wild and how to interact with them in a way which will be of benefit to them and their ecosystems in the long run. Often when one thinks of bees, it is about hives and honey. But this is an agricultural perspective. The true wonderment of bees is their wildness and their interconnectedness to their ecology; their choice of natural nest sites; their use of plant resins for propolis walls and for their nest hygiene; their interaction with all other creatures and microbes, and with the richness and variety of the fynbos/ succulent flora. 

In supporting Ujubee’s groundbreaking work, one is restoring our best relationship with bees and safeguarding the wild bees for the future.