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Angry bees could be the way to control rampaging elephants


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By Nick Atkinson
October-December 2007 (Vol. 8, No. 4)

King L.E, I. Douglas-Hamilton, and F. Vollrath. 2007. African elephants run from the sound of disturbed bees. Current Biology 17(19):832-833.


A refreshingly low-tech solution to the problem of crop-raiding elephants (Loxodonta africana) has been found, scientists report in Current Biology. You and I know it’s not a good idea to hang around a nest



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