1. (10.02) Elephants sometimes damage crops in Africa. It turns out that elephan
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1. (10.02) Elephants sometimes damage crops in Africa. It turns out that elephants dislike bees. They recognize beehives in areas where they are common and avoid them. Can this be used to keep elephants away from trees? A group in Kenya placed active beehives in some trees, empty beehives in others, while others received no beehives. Will elephant damage be less in trees with hives? Will even empty hives keep elephants away? eBook The response in this experiment is O the type of crop the presence or absence of bees. the presence or absence of hives. O elephant damage.Explanation / Answer
1. Yes, beehives can be used to keep the elephants away from the trees.
2. Yes, elephant damage will be less as honeybees defend their nests if disturbed by stinging the aggressor. Playbacks of noises produced by disturbed bee colonies showed that elephants recognized and avoided them. Initial trials in Kenya using beehives to keep elephants away from farmland in 2008 showed that they reduced crop raids.
3. no, it won't reduce the damage because it is the playbacks of noises produced by disturbed bee colonies that elephants recognized and avoided them.
4. response in this experiment is the elephant damage as presence or absence of bees and hives comes under input factors.
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