In 2024, a nine-year Kenya study showed how farmers used 365 beehives to protect crops from elephants

 

(Posted 14th August 2026)

 

Courtesy of African Elephant News

Times of India (India), August 13, 2026
In the dry farming country beside Kenya’s Tsavo East National Park, the boundary between crops and wildlife can become difficult to hold. Elephants move through the landscape in search of food and water, and cultivated fields can become particularly attractive when crops are growing. In 2024, a nine-year study offered unusually long-term evidence that something as simple as a line of working beehives could help. The idea is based on an instinctive response: elephants generally avoid disturbed honey bees, particularly when the insects begin to swarm around sensitive parts of the face.
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