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Science Note/ Bees and Elephants

Researchers hung beehives along a fence to deter crop-raiding elephants. The fence has helped Kenyan farmers and plans are underway to build more fences.

African elephants often trample farmers’ crops in search of food, but a new fence uses beehives to deter the pachyderms. Living on Earth’s Lisa Song reports on how the elephants’ fear of bees could be the key to helping local farmers.