# @butterflypavilion on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DIyxschvxZe
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29784605-butterflypavilion-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-23T15:02:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Butterfly Pavilion (@butterflypavilion) — https://gondola.cc/butterflypavilion

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This March, Butterfly Pavilion returned to Tanzania, Africa to continue our vital efforts for the Bees for Elephants project. Bees for Elephants is one of several global conservation initiatives led by Butterfly Pavilion. Through this project, we partner with local communities and organizations to help mitigate human-elephant conflict and protect both people and wildlife. By stringing together beehives occupied by African honey bees to form an innovative “living fence,” we use elephants’ natural fear of bees to help keep them away from areas where people live or grow crops. When an elephant encounters the fence, the bees emerge from their hives and swarm the animal, causing enough discomfort to drive it away. Elephants, known for their intelligence and strong memories, quickly learn to avoid these areas and rarely return.
During our recent trip, we assessed the welfare of the bees and expanded our beehive fences in the villages of Kisiwani and Kisemo, adding 20 new beehives in the latter! With these additions, we’ve created our largest beehive fence yet in Kisiwani, stretching 4.5 kilometers—and we’re not stopping there. In August, we plan to return to Kisiwani and extend it even further to 6.5 kilometers, making it the largest bee fence in all of Africa!
With this project already reducing human-elephant conflict by 80%, we’ll continue working alongside community members to protect both human and elephant lives. Butterfly Pavilion experts also help train local residents to harvest honey, propolis, and wax from the hives—providing pollination for crops and creating a valuable source of supplemental income. Within just three years of fence construction, many communities become fully self-sufficient in maintaining the fences and sustainably managing and selling hive products. To learn more, visit butterflies.org/beefencing 
In collaboration with the tanzanianelephant_foundation
#Elephant #Bee #BeesForElephants #Conservation #ButterflyPavilion

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