Since elephants are known to buzz off at the mere sound of bees, Lucy King of the University of Oxford designed a fence made of beehives to deter rampaging elephants. ‘We designed the beehive fence as an affordable and practical way to create a barrier that the elephants would be afraid to cross,’ she says.[…]

“Our beehive fence design has been shown to be robust enough to survive elephant raids and cheap enough for farmers to construct themselves,” says King, “especially as it also gives protection against cattle rustlers and, when occupied by colonies of African honeybees, will give the farmers two or three honey harvests a year that they can sell to offset the cost of building the fence.”

@ New Scientist