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Elephants are not afraid of mice, but bees

18.02.2008

African farmers have been tormented by elephants trampling their fields in herds. They tried everything: they built barriers, fired cannons, burned old car tires ... And the sound recording of the buzz emitted by a swarm of bees helped.

It turned out that this sound, coming from a hollow tree model, scares away the giants so much that they prefer to stay at a distance of an average of 64 meters from the source of such sounds. Some herds moved away 100 meters or more, and one herd of elephants even crossed the river in experiments conducted in Kenya, only to avoid hearing the angry bees.

The disadvantage of the new method is that the sound equipment is too expensive for many Africans. Therefore, the possibility is being considered to arrange apiaries near the fields, which at the same time will be able to supply local residents with honey.

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