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Charity Mwangome carries a stack of hay from her farmland where colonies of African honeybees are being used as a deterrent against elephants, as they can raid farms during planting seasons.

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Charity Mwangome carries a stack of hay from her farmland where colonies of African honeybees are being used as a deterrent against elephants, as they can raid farms during planting seasons.
Hendrita Mwalada demonstrates how she integrates rags laced with a mixture of recycled engine-oil and pepper into the fencing around her farm to deter elephants.
Mwangome hoes her farmland next to one of the beehives.
An assistant prepares bee smokers for Loise Kawira, a consultant beekeeper and trainer for the research and conservation organisation Save the Elephants.
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