But a long-running project by charity Save the Elephants offered her an unlikely solution –

… Save the Elephants and the Wildlife Conservation Society. The study helped pinpoint regions where

“We know about the elephants targeting baobab trees because they store water. To protect the

… save elephants. Nelson Mandela University’s Dr Dave Balfour, a research associate in the Centre

an innovative program by Save the Elephants charity – using African honeybees to deter the

… protect these iconic animals and the ecosystems they support. — African Elephants | Extinction

Indeed, elephants need our help now more than ever.” George Wittemyer, senior author and elephant

They suspected that the mother elephant got fatally caught between the rocks while trying to

… Save the Elephants, who helped lead the study published in the journal Proceedings of

… elephants avoided farms with the ferocious bees 86 percent of the time. Image: Tony