(Posted 18th of May 2026)
Courtesy of African Elephant News
| Rutendo Nyeve, Herald (Zimbabwe), May 13, 2026 |
| A Local tour operator in Victoria Falls has established more than 50 beehives around community fields and homesteads, successfully keeping crop-raiding elephants at bay while providing a sweet new source of income for villagers. EleCrew, which operates an elephant interaction experience for tourists in Victoria Falls, has rolled out the innovative beehive fence model in the Skabelo community, with plans to expand to Woodlands community this year. The hives are connected by rope and wire around field perimeters such that when elephants attempt to push through, they shake the hives, triggering defensive bees that send the giants fleeing. |
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