Researchers: Bees Help Kenyan Farmers Fend Off Elephants

Charity Mwangome walks along the beehive fence she has built at her farm to help protect her crops from elephants, in Taita-Taveta area, Kenya, April 19, 2016.

Elephants walk toward a watering hole near Tsavo East National Park, Voi, Kenya, April 20, 2016.

Elephants in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, April 20, 2016.

One of the hives that make up a beehive fence at Charity Mwangome's farm in Taita-Taveta area of Kenya, April 19, 2016.

Elephants and Bees Project research center coordinator Matthew Rudolph shows notes taken to document effectiveness of beehive fences used by 22 farmers in the Taita-Taveta area, Kenya, April 19, 2016.

Elephants and Bees Project research center coordinator Matthew Rudolph shows a jar of honey that came from beehives at Charity Mwangome’s farm, in Taita-Taveta area, Kenya, April 19, 2016.

One of the hives that make up a beehive fence at Charity Mwangome's farm in Taita-Taveta area of Kenya, April 19, 2016.

Charity Mwangome, holding her grandson, uses a beehive fence to protect her crops from elephants, on her farm in Taita-Taveta area, Kenya, April 19, 2016.

Charity Mwangome with family and friends at her farm, in Taita-Taveta area, Kenya, April 19, 2016.

Elephants in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, April 20, 2016.