Archive · 12 Aug 2025
Bees and Sesame Help Kenyan Farmers Deter Elephants
In Kenya, elephants sometimes cause problems for farmers by eating their crops or even hurting people.
Farmers are finding ways to keep elephants away.
One method is to use beehives as fences.
When an elephant touches the wire, the bees get angry and the elephant leaves.
Another way is to plant sesame, which elephants don't like the smell of.
These methods help farmers protect their food and live peacefully with the elephants.
Conservationists hope these solutions will help both elephants and people.
Elephants damage crops and sometimes injure or kill people in Taita Taveta, Kenya.
Farmers are using beehives hung around farms to deter elephants.
If elephants touch the wires, the hives are rocked, disturbing the bees.
Sesame plants have a scent that repels elephants; some farmers grow it instead of maize.
These methods aim to reduce conflict and promote coexistence between humans and elephants.
- Who
- Farmers and elephants.
- What
- Farmers in Taita Taveta, Kenya, are using bees and sesame to protect crops from elephants.
- When
- Recent times.
- Where
- Taita Taveta, Kenya.
- Why
- To reduce human-elephant conflict and protect crops.
Farmers
Elephants
Crop protection versus elephant migration
Farmers
Elephants destroy crops and sometimes injure people.
Elephants
Elephants need to migrate.
- Location
- Taita Taveta, Kenya
- Animal
- Elephants
- Methods
- Beekeeping and sesame planting
- Organization
- Save The Elephants
- Crop Preference
- Elephants love maize and watermelons.
- Elephant Damage
- Damages crops, injures or kills people