Beekeeping in Tanzania is closely associated with many other natural resource development concerns, all which have direct bearing on community and social welfare. In the first place, beekeeping is seen as a branch of Agriculture and livestock development. It is concerned with the production of food in the form of honey and pollen and of cashcrops in the form of beeswax with the potential for producing propolis, royal jelly and bee venom which have become important raw materials in the industrialized countries. the pollination services provided by honey bees to some cultivated crops are of particular importance to horticultural activities, whose success greatly depends on the use of pesticides to control plant and animal pests. The pest control measures must take into consideration the presence of honeybees, the use of pesticides must be regulated and management methods for beekeeping industry as a whole need to altered. Secondly, Beekeeping in Tanzania is a forest ind...