Did you know beehives protect crops and save elephants in Tanzania?  Elephants are mighty large pachyderms. When they find tasty banana and maize crops they don’t hesitate to enjoy. Of course this doesn’t leave much for the farmer and her family. Near Arusha, Tanzania’s third largest city with a population of over 700,000 there are 53 square miles of protected area. The Arusha National Park is home to elephants, buffalo, giraffe, all sorts of plains game, and even a few leopards. Around this reserve are many villages. One of these is Lendoiya, home to about 1500 souls. For years…