Meru farmers use 80 million bees near forests to ward off elephants

Joshua Kinyua, at the Subuiga Bee Keepers Association apiary, on the edge of Ngare Ndare forest

MERU: Facing a threat from marauding elephants? Eureka! Bees are the perfect solution, as residents living around the Ngare Ndare forest in Imenti have discovered.

John Ndirangu, a bee specialist working in the Agriculture department, says bees are a perfect weapon to ward off elephants.