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World Service,1 min

How to use bees to scare elephants

Science In Action

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The fact that elephants are scared of bees has been harnessed to help keep elephants from trashing Kenyan farms. Dr Lucy King, from Oxford University in the UK explains how hanging beehives on the fence line frightens elephants away. (Photo credit: An African elephant eating © ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)

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