Bees, elephants and humans!
The Man-Elephant-Bee Coexistence Guide written by researcher Marisa C. Rodrigues and illustrated by Giselly S. Zancheta, is narrated by two friendly characters: a Mel e o Kamba! Together, the animals show throughout the guide how to live in harmony with nature!
Below is a summary of this fascinating work.:
“It's funny but elephants are afraid of bees. In some regions of Angola, there are human-animal conflicts because elephants destroy crops and can even be reactive in the presence of people. All this happens through the search for food and territory, which has been increasingly destroyed by our species. To try to mitigate this conflict and to protect the crops of rural farmers, we are developing a project where hanging beehives are used as fences to protect crops from elephant crossings.. As soon as they try to pass, the bees are agitated and the sound and possible stings end up driving the elephants away. as they have a strong memory, do not return to these places, at least while hives are around. The Man-Elephant-Bee Coexistence Guide is aimed at children in these conflict regions and was created with the aim of bringing them to them., didactic illustrations and some information on what to do to reduce this conflict. We believe that children are the key to the future and that they can be disseminators of knowledge even to the elderly.. We hope the Guide will give you the hope and knowledge you need to make this happen.”
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The author is of Portuguese nationality, graduated in Animal Science from the University of Évora, and carried out several researches on bees here in Brazil. She is currently responsible for the Gorongosa National Park Beekeeping Project in Mozambique and a contributor to the Okavango Wilderness Project Sustainable Beekeeping Project (National Geographic) na Angola. He has mainly worked with rural beekeeper communities in central Mozambique and Angola, where does it seek its sustainable development.
Marisa was the first to take the initiative to mitigate human-elephant conflict, by using suspended hives in Gorongosa National Park, northern Angola. The project has 400 hives scattered between the conservation area and communities.
The author attended the II Day of the Bee, performed online on days 01 is 02 October and organized by LAE/USP and ASSAPIRA. The full event is available on Youtube at the links https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBG8lkm5PE8 is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XgLo0BRWaY
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