Study: Managed beehives can discourage crop-raiding elephants
Friday, July 22, 2016 - 13:11
in Biology & Nature
Strategically placed honeybee hives can deter African elephants from raiding crops, but the hives must be actively managed by beekeepers to work, according to a new study from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Gabon Biodiversity Program and partners, published recently in the online journal PLoS ONE. The activity level of bees coming and going from […]