The Elephants and Bees Research Project is one of Save the Elephants’ innovative programs designed to explore the natural world for solutions to human-elephant conflict. Led by Dr Lucy King the project uses in-depth knowledge and observation of elephant behaviour to reduce damage from crop-raiding elephants using African honeybees.

The Elephants and Bees Project

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Save the Elephants was founded in 1993 by Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton, OBE, who made a pioneering study of elephant behaviour in the late '60s in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania, and has worked on elephant status Africa-wide since. Explorers, conservationists and elephant scientists serve as fellow trustees or advisors to the board.

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The Elephants and Bees Research Project is one of Save the Elephants’ innovative programs designed to explore the natural world for solutions to human-elephant conflict. Led by Dr Lucy King  and in collaboration with Oxford University and Disney’s Animal Kingdom, the project uses in-depth knowledge and observation of elephant behaviour to reduce damage from crop-raiding elephants using African honey bees.


Latest Project News Links:

  1. Bullet St Andrews Prize for the Environment Winner 2013

  2. Bullet Future for Nature Award Winner 2013

  3. Bullet Latest Publication: Soltis et al. 2012

  4. Bullet 2012 Edition: Beehive Fence Construction Manual

  5. Bullet 2012: New funding from The Rufford Foundation

  6. Bullet Winner of the UNEP/CMS Thesis Award 2011

  7. Bullet Beehive Fence Publication: King et al. 2011

 

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