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Needed Now: 18 Beehives to Protect Two Women Farmers Crops From Elephants

Aug 24, 2021 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Elephants, Human Wildlife Conflict Tagged: human wildlife conflicts, Moses Ryakitimbo, Tanzania

“The Elephants are Coming!” Imagine you’re a woman farmer. You’ve spent weeks tilling, planting, weeding and watering by hand with your children. Then you get word of a herd of elephants recently destroying your neighbors crops. Are they going to spare yours? You think you’re fine. There’s been no sign of the elephants for a few days. Then, shortly before harvest three elephants come calling. You want to run and chase them away. But you know better. All you can do is watch from a distance… When the elephants finally leave only a few stalks remain. What are you to do…

Wildlife conservation like COVID-19 is not a Once-off deal

May 13, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: FAQ Tagged: Arusha National Park, beehive fences, beehive project, human wildlife conflicts, Moses Ryakitimbo, Tanzania

You can’t wear a mask once and feel you’ve protected yourself against Covid-19. You need to wear that mask every time you go out to the grocery. Similarly wildlife conservation can’t survive when we make just one donation. Of course, one-time donations are super welcome, much appreciated and helpful. However, they can’t sustain wildlife conservation. By sponsoring beehives folk like you have helped Moses create beehive fences with 56 beehives. These fences along the perimeter of the Arusha National Game Reserve are significantly reducing human wildlife conflict. Thanks to caring people like you elephants, buffalo and other unwanted wildlife is…

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

Feb 19, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: All Posts, Elephants, Human Wildlife Conflict, 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: Elephants, Human Wildlife Conflict 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: Elephants, Human Wildlife Conflict, 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…