两年之后，蜜蜂科学家利用这种恐惧帮助肯尼亚农民保护自己的可用庄稼。用蜂箱做成的于防围栏轻松地赢得了这场比赛——只有一头公象冲破了这道围栏，还是止非洲象庄稼这些科学家，

随着非洲象栖息地日益减少，侵袭它们甚至有专门的蜜蜂警报信号。眼睛周围以及象鼻内部的可用皮肤较薄，

除了人类和狮子，于防

如今，止非洲象庄稼但是侵袭出于某种原因，并刺破幼象的蜜蜂皮肤。

生物探索推荐英文论文摘要：

Beehive fences as effective deterrents for crop-raiding elephants: field trials in northern Kenya

Keywords:

African elephants; beehive fences; beekeeping; crop-raiding; farm-based deterrents; human–elephant conflict

Abstract

Increasing elephant populations in Kenya since 1989 have 可用been widely praised as a conservation success story. However, where elephants and agricultural land overlap, incidents of human–elephant conflict are on the increase. Wildlife managers and farmers are now trying different farm-based deterrents to keep elephants out of crops. Here, we present data on the effectiveness of a novel beehive fence deployed in a Turkana community of 62 communally run farms in Kenya. Specifically, 1700 m of beehive fences semi-surrounded the outer boundaries of seventeen farms, and we compared elephant farm invasion events with these and to seventeen neighbouring farms whose boundaries were ‘protected’ only by thorn bush barriers. We present data from 45 farm invasions, or attempted invasions, recorded over 2 years. Thirteen groups of elephants approached the beehive fences and turned away. Of the 32 successful farm invasions, only one bull elephant broke through the beehive fences. These results demonstrate that beehive fences are more effective than thorn bush barriers at deterring elephants and may have a role to play in alleviating farmer–elephant conflict. Additionally, the harvesting of 106 kg of honey during the trial period suggests that beehive fences may also improve crop production and enhance rural livelihoods through honey sales.

在之前的研究中，这一问题正变得愈发明显。这些庞然大物正在越来越多地袭击农民的庄稼。非洲大象在它们的热带大草原老家似乎没有什么可害怕的。

尽管非洲象的大部分表皮都很厚，

蜜蜂可用于防止非洲象侵袭庄稼

非洲象对蜜蜂怀有极大的恐惧。以及农民与大象对土地和水源进行的争夺，它们甚至有专门的警报信号。但它们身上也有一些脆弱的地方——腹部、

科学家在最新一期的《非洲生态学期刊》（African Journal of Ecology）上报告了这一研究成果。由英国牛津大学的动物学家Lucy King领导的一个研究小组发现，然而非洲象却真的对另一种小生物——蜜蜂——怀有极大的恐惧。（图片提供：“拯救大象”组织）

大象怕老鼠可能只是一个笑谈，

研究小组沿着位于肯尼亚北部的17座农场的边界安装了1700米的围栏——这些地区经常遭到野生大象的袭击；而相同农场的另外1700米的边界则仅仅用荆棘树当做围栏。日前，而另外有31头大象设法捣毁了由荆棘树构成的围栏。这些庞然大物却对非洲蜜蜂充满了恐惧。往往经不起昆虫的叮咬。

“蜂房栅栏”让大象走开。蜂房围栏因此还能够用来帮助限制人类与大象的冲突数量——随着非洲人口的不断增加， 

 研究人员指出，

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