Kenya's Farmers Use Empty Beehives To Ward Off Elephant Raids

GreenTracker | An experiment in Kenya proves that a farm protected by a beehive fence had 86 percent fewer crop raids by elephants. Instead of shooting elephants to protect their lands, some Kenyan farmers are using empty beehives.

Scientists speculate that the reason why the experiment worked — after all, there were no bees in the hives — is linked to the fact that the elephants remember painful past encounters with African honeybees and avoid the sights and smells associated with them. 

The theory now is that the farmers should add real bees to their hives and sell the honey  Read on in Green Beings