Elephants and Bees Research

SAVE THE ELEPHANTS - UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Can bees really control elephants?


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 the project uses in-depth knowledge and observation of elephant behaviour to reduce damage from crop-raiding elephants using African honeybees.



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

  2. Bullet Latest Publication: King et al. 2011