<div dir="ltr">You are going to LOVE the attached and the good news is that honeybees are NATIVE to Africa. However, I wouldn't describe the honey as "elephant friendly," would you?<div><br></div><div>Peter<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Gordon W. FRANKIE</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gwfrankie@berkeley.edu">gwfrankie@berkeley.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 10:49 AM<br>Subject: Fwd: [sonomabees] Beehive Fences in Africa Protect Farms from Elephants<br>To: Sara Leon Guerrero <<a href="mailto:sara_leon@berkeley.edu">sara_leon@berkeley.edu</a>>, Jaime Pawelek <<a href="mailto:jaimeclaire23@yahoo.com">jaimeclaire23@yahoo.com</a>>, Mary H Schindler <<a href="mailto:m.schindler@berkeley.edu">m.schindler@berkeley.edu</a>>, Christopher C Jadallah <<a href="mailto:chris.jadallah@berkeley.edu">chris.jadallah@berkeley.edu</a>>, Rollin Coville <<a href="mailto:rollincoville@gmail.com">rollincoville@gmail.com</a>>, Robbin Thorp <<a href="mailto:rwthorp@ucdavis.edu">rwthorp@ucdavis.edu</a>>, Ben Faber <<a href="mailto:bafaber@ucanr.edu">bafaber@ucanr.edu</a>>, Linda Bell <<a href="mailto:lalindabell@yahoo.com">lalindabell@yahoo.com</a>>, Alfred Courchesne <<a href="mailto:farmeral@froghollow.com">farmeral@froghollow.com</a>>, ana chassoul <<a href="mailto:anamchassoul@gmail.com">anamchassoul@gmail.com</a>>, Patrick Johnston <<a href="mailto:dwelleyfarms1@sbcglobal.net">dwelleyfarms1@sbcglobal.net</a>>, Linnea Beedy <<a href="mailto:linneabeedy@gmail.com">linneabeedy@gmail.com</a>>, Phil McGrath <<a href="mailto:phil4mcgrathfarm@gmail.com">phil4mcgrathfarm@gmail.com</a>>, "Cane, Jim" <<a href="mailto:Jim.Cane@ars.usda.gov">Jim.Cane@ars.usda.gov</a>>, Peter Bernhardt <<a href="mailto:bernhap2@slu.edu">bernhap2@slu.edu</a>>, Brad Vinson <<a href="mailto:bvinson@ag.tamu.edu">bvinson@ag.tamu.edu</a>>, luis esteban sandoval martinez <<a href="mailto:lois1182@hotmail.com">lois1182@hotmail.com</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr">Wow! What a cool idea. I am with the elephants in that those Hb stings are awful.<div><br></div><div>Gordon</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Shelley Arrowsmith</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arrowfarms@vom.com" target="_blank">arrowfarms@vom.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 8:13 AM<br>Subject: Fwd: [sonomabees] Beehive Fences in Africa Protect Farms from Elephants<br>To: Gordon Frankie <<a href="mailto:gwfrankie@berkeley.edu" target="_blank">gwfrankie@berkeley.edu</a>>, Sara Leon Guerrero <<a href="mailto:sara_leon@berkeley.edu" target="_blank">sara_leon@berkeley.edu</a>>, Jaime Pawelek <<a href="mailto:jaimeclaire23@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jaimeclaire23@yahoo.com</a>><br><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word">What a cool idea!<div>NOw if we could wrangle native bees and put them in boxes.......</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div>
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