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A beehive fence is a fence which is built to deter elephants based on their natural fear of bees. The fence is set up off the ground at chest height and contains hives spaced every 10 metres. [1] If an elephant disturbs the fence, then the hives shake and the bees become agitated, and the elephants are deterred. [2]
The beehives are connected to each other with strong wires. If an elephant approaches the fence and bumps the wire, the bee hives are shaken, and the bees swarm to attack the threat. Although the elephant hide is very thick, bees can deliver significant pain by attacking vulnerable areas such as ears, eyes, and trunks.
Detail of an electric fence material made of synthetic cord with metal interwoven through it, attached to a steel fence post with a plastic insulator. This material is more visible than wire, but most often used for temporary fencing. Electric fences are designed to complete an electrical circuit when touched by an animal.
Vinyl-coated wire fence is usually based on high-tensile wire with a vinyl coating. Some forms are non-electric, others embed layers of graphite to carry a current from the wire to the outside of the coated product so that it can be electrified. It can be of any color, with white particularly common in the United States so that the fencing is ...
Bears appeared during the Bosnian War, in the first half of the 1990s. By the 2020s, they started to exhibit a shift in their behavior, not going into hibernation when they should. In these periods they break fruit trees (plum, apple and pear), destroy beehives, and enter the villages, breaking into the barns and killing sheep and pigs. [8]
Brown bears (AKA the grizzly bear) and the polar bear are both larger in size, but that doesn't mean that black bears are small. These bears grow to 4-6 feet long and can weigh between 150 and 650 ...
Carnivores like raptors and bears create conflict with humans by eating both farmed and wild fish, [27] while others like lynxes and wolves prey upon livestock. [28] Even less apparent cases of human-wildlife conflict can cause substantial losses; 500,000 deer-vehicle collisions in Europe (and 1-1.5 million in North America) led to 30,000 ...
Forest department suggested farmers, to use bees and beehive boxes to repel elephants. Even the Railways use the same method to get away from Elephant attacks. But the method backfired since it attracted hordes of sloth bears who destroyed the beehive boxes, which eventually cleared the way for elephants to attack.