DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Serengeti National Park (SENAPA) in Tanzania has donated 300 honey beehives to community cooperatives in three villages in the Simiyu region that will help to deter elephants from invading farms and destroying crops, an official said Friday.
Constructed beehives on fence posts could reduce elephant raids, said Joseph Mpangala, SENAPA senior conservation officer for communications at a news conference in the Simiyu region.
Mapunda said that buzzing bee sounds disturb elephants and force them to quickly leave the area when they hear the sound of bees, adding the 300 beehives will be distributed to Itilima, Meatu and Busega districts whose villages that are adjacent to the national park face frequent raids by the elephants.
Anita Kaesha, Itilima district social welfare officer, said the initiative will help curb human-wildlife conflict in the three districts. ■
