Top: Men install BuzzBoxes at a farm. Picture credit: Elephant Research and Conservation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Mark B. Newa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MONROVIA \u2013 For years, villagers mainly in northwestern and southeastern Liberia have lost their crops to invading elephant herds. This makes it difficult for farmers to feed their families and meet other needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, conservationists working in Liberia have found that a device armed with the sound of honeybees can repel elephants. The scientists from the Elephant Research and Conservation (ELRECO) tested the audio device in Gbanjala, a town in Gola-Konneh District, Grand Cape Mount County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Video footage<\/a> posted<\/a> on YouTube shows an elephant stopping to eat when it hears the buzz of insects placed in the mounted device. In a few seconds, the animal folded its trunk, hurriedly took a few steps backward and raced away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt is the first time we test this device now in West Africa, seeing that it really works to have this evidence that it really works,\u201d Dr. Tina Vogt, ELRECO\u2019s technical director, told The DayLight in an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt the moment we [are] extending the testing phase so we work together with some Liberian entrepreneurs to improve a bit on the censor, the mechanism, the release mechanism,\u201d Vogt added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ELRECO, a German nonprofit based in Liberia, is currently testing the device in Liberia. It is collaborating with Save the Elephants (STE)<\/a> to deploy the BuzzBox. It costs around $100, the New York Times reported<\/a>. STE is a UK-registered charity based in Nairobi, Kenya. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Top: Men install BuzzBoxes at a farm. Picture credit: Elephant Research and Conservation By Mark B. Newa MONROVIA \u2013 For years, villagers mainly in northwestern and southeastern Liberia have lost their crops to invading elephant herds. This makes it difficult for farmers to feed their families and meet other needs. Now, conservationists working in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,3,56],"tags":[1732,1733,1402,1683,107],"class_list":["post-3455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-conservation","category-rainforest","category-wildlife","tag-buzzbox","tag-elephant-research-and-conservation","tag-grand-cape-mount-county","tag-human-elephant-conflict","tag-liberia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Test Shows Device with Honeybees Sound Drives Away Elephants - The DayLight","description":"Top: Men install BuzzBoxes at a farm. Picture credit: Elephant Research and Conservation By Mark B. Newa MONROVIA \u2013 For years, villagers mainly in northwestern and southeastern Liberia have lost their crops to invading elephant herds. This makes it difficult for farmers to feed their families and meet other needs. Now, conservationists working in","canonical_url":"https:\/\/stage.thedaylight.org\/wp68\/2023\/04\/05\/test-shows-device-with-honeybees-sound-drives-away-elephants\/","robots":"noindex, nofollow, max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"msvalidate.01":"CA6BD2F84653EA44942A55ABC0B35372","miscellaneous":""},"schema":null,"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"The DayLight - The DayLight is a nonprofit, environmental news website. Our evidence-based, independent and quality news contents tell you all the happenings across nature\u2019s frontiers and the extractive sector in Liberia. From forestry and fisheries to wildlife conservation and climate change, from renewable energy and land rights to oil\/gas and oil palm, we bring you news on everything about the environment you need to know. The DayLight is published by The DayLight Incorporated in Vahnwin Community, Congo Town.","og:type":"article","og:title":"Test Shows Device with Honeybees Sound Drives Away Elephants - The DayLight","og:description":"Top: Men install BuzzBoxes at a farm. Picture credit: Elephant Research and Conservation By Mark B. Newa MONROVIA \u2013 For years, villagers mainly in northwestern and southeastern Liberia have lost their crops to invading elephant herds. This makes it difficult for farmers to feed their families and meet other needs. Now, conservationists working in","og:url":"https:\/\/stage.thedaylight.org\/wp68\/2023\/04\/05\/test-shows-device-with-honeybees-sound-drives-away-elephants\/","og:image":"https:\/\/stage.thedaylight.org\/wp68\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-10.06.20-PM.png","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/stage.thedaylight.org\/wp68\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-10.06.20-PM.png","og:image:width":991,"og:image:height":724,"article:published_time":"2023-04-05T10:23:44+00:00","article:modified_time":"2023-04-05T18:11:23+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/news.thedaylight","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"Test Shows Device with Honeybees Sound Drives Away Elephants - The DayLight","twitter:description":"Top: Men install BuzzBoxes at a farm. Picture credit: Elephant Research and Conservation By Mark B. Newa MONROVIA \u2013 For years, villagers mainly in northwestern and southeastern Liberia have lost their crops to invading elephant herds. This makes it difficult for farmers to feed their families and meet other needs. Now, conservationists working in","twitter:image":"https:\/\/stage.thedaylight.org\/wp68\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cropped-site-identity.png"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"3455","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":"2025-08-15 00:37:06","breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"reviewed_by":null,"ai":null,"created":"2023-09-23 14:06:45","updated":"2025-10-21 23:46:20"},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"
\n\n\n\n