Farmers, Elephants, and Bees
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Farmers, Elephants, and Bees
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#2Bees?!
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#3Man, that's a crazy good idea. First, it's 85% effective in solving the elephant problem; second, free honey which makes the fence a profitable venture in its own right; and third, the bees will pollinate the crops they're protecting, potentially maximizing crop yield.
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#4I wish there was some way for her to profit off of the idea not for the sake of getting rich but to encourage others to take a look at solving other problems. Profits as signalling rather than for the sake of profits.
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#5This is what innovation actually looks like.
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#6I wish there was some way for her to profit off of the idea not for the sake of getting rich but to encourage others to take a look at solving other problems. Profits as signalling rather than for the sake of profits.
It says in the article she was given an environmental prize. It's $100,000:
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#7Brilliant! I'm a little confused by this line though:
>> If an elephant makes contact with one of the hives or the connecting wires, the beehives all along the fence will swing and release the bees.
The first part made it sound like elephants would stay away from this perimeter just because there was an active beehive, so it's unlikely the elephant would get close to the fence anyway. But then if it does, wouldn't the sudden release of all bees drive the elephant into a panic precisely when it's choices are to run into the field or away from the fence? Or am I just misunderstanding something?
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#8I like the ingenuity of it, seems pretty counter intuitive though. I mean keeping the elephants away by bring swarms of african killer bees into close proximity with humans... not sure if the trade off is worth it. There is a reason elephants are afraid of them.
That being said I am sure the farmers understand the risks more than I do, if they are down with it seems like a good solution
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#9I like the ingenuity of it, seems pretty counter intuitive though. I mean keeping the elephants away by bring swarms of african killer bees into close proximity with humans... not sure if the trade off is worth it. There is a reason elephants are afraid of them. That being said I am sure the farmers understand the risks more than I do, if they are down with it seems like a good solution
Who says they are killer bees?!
Re: Farmers, Elephants, and Bees
#10I like the ingenuity of it, seems pretty counter intuitive though. I mean keeping the elephants away by bring swarms of african killer bees into close proximity with humans... not sure if the trade off is worth it. There is a reason elephants are afraid of them. That being said I am sure the farmers understand the risks more than I do, if they are down with it seems like a good solution
Occasionally suffer a relatively harmless sting from a bee versus have elephants destroy your livelihood... doesn't really seem like a difficult choice to me.