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Saving Elephants: One Man and a Bunch of Beehives Stop Human Wildlife Conflicts

Feb 19, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: elephant, Human Wildlife Conflict, Nikela Blog, Poaching, wildlife conservation Tagged: beehive fences, human wildlife conflicts, Moses Ryakitimbo, saving elephants

You’re kidding right? Beehives stop human wildlife conflicts with elephants? Elephants are large animals and need space to live. The home range for wild African elephants can extend up to 6,835 square miles, which is about the size of Kuwait. Now that’s a lot of land! How can beehives stop human wildlife conflicts with elephants? Human populations in Africa are exploding. In Tanzania, where Moses Ryakitimbo mitigates human wildlife conflict, the population has grown by 9 million in six years! From 50.8 in 2014 to an estimated 59.7 in 2020. Now that’s a lot of people! Tanzania, probably best known…

One proven method to resolve human wildlife conflict with elephants

Aug 14, 2019 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: elephant, Human Wildlife Conflict, Nikela Blog, wildlife conservation Tagged: human wildlife conflicts, Moses Ryakitimbo, protecting crops, saving elephants

The success story continues with this rather simple method to resolve human wildlife conflict. How it began Several months back Moses Ryakitimbo in Tanzania reached out to us. As the founder of ‘Alert for endangered wildlife species’ (AFeWiS) Moses was very concerned about elephants invading the farms bordering the Arusha National Park. After visiting with numerous farmers and doing a bit of research on methods to resolve human wildife conflict he came upon a viable solution. Elephants don’t like bees. Building beehive fences along crop land perimeters supposedly keep elephants away. Moses sent us a proposal to build 10 beehives….

BBC NewsDay interview with Moses about Bees Saving Elephants

Jul 11, 2019 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: elephant, Human Wildlife Conflict, Human Wildlife Conflict, Nikela Blog, wildlife conservation Tagged: bee hives, human wildlife conflicts, Moses Ryakitimbo, saving elephants, Tanzania

“Can you put me in touch with Moses?” wrote Christophe from BBC NewsDay. He was curious about bees saving elephants. Well one thing led to another and Alan was assigned to interview Moses over the phone to learn about his work in Tanzania with bees saving elephants. Alan asks Moses how he got started into this work, where he got the idea to use bees to keep elephants away from farmer’s crops, and what successes he has seen. Nikela sponsored the first ten bee hives that are already producing results. Right now we’re getting ready to send additional funds to…

Can Bees be the “Peacemakers” and solve human-wildlife conflicts with Elephants?

Jun 27, 2019 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: elephant, Human Wildlife Conflict, Nikela Blog, wildlife conservation Tagged: AFeWiS, human wildlife conflicts, Moses Ryakitimbo

For the farmers of Lendoiya (in Tanzania) the word “tembo” (elephant) has for a long time brought a chill effect to the community. However there may be a rather simple way to solve human-wildlife conflicts with elephants. The cry,“Tembo,” means elephants are invading (or about to invade) the farms. It means crops are going to be destroyed, and possibly people are going to be injured or worse…killed. This village right on the perimeters of Arusha National park is naturally vulnerable to human-wildlife conflicts with elephants. This prompted Moses with AFeWiS (Alert For Endangered Wildlife Species) to do a survey to…

Installing a Beehive Fence to Save Elephants and Village Crops

Jun 13, 2019 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: conservation, Ecosystem, elephant, Human Wildlife Conflict, Nikela Blog, Sustainability, wildlife conservation Tagged: AFeWiS, beehives, human wildlife conflicts, Moses Ryakitimbo, save elephants, Tanzania

Recently Moses and his team at AFeWiS (Alert for endangered wildlife species) began installing a beehive fence to save elephants outside Lendoiya village by Arusha National Park in Tanzania. During dry seasons elephants and other wildlife find village crops most inviting. This of course creates problems for the villagers. Not only are their crops destroyed at times human lives are lost. As you can imagine this provokes an angry response where elephants are killed with spears and guns. Moses Ryakitimbo takes these human wildlife conflict situations very seriously. So much so that he started his own NGO, Alert for Endangered…