Bees help tackle elephant-human conflict in Kenya

Voi, Kenya: We used to hate elephants a lot, Kenyan farmer Charity Mwangome says, pausing from her work under the shade of a baobab tree. The bee...

Voi, Kenya: "We used to hate elephants a lot," Kenyan farmer Charity Mwangome says, pausing from her work under the shade of a baobab tree.

The bees humming in the background are part of the reason why her hatred has dimmed.

The diminutive 58-year-old said rapacious elephants would often destroy months of work in her farmland that sits between two parts of Kenya's world-renowned Tsavo National Park.

Beloved by tourists -- who contribute around 10 percent of Kenya's GDP -- the animals are loathed by most local farmers, who form the backbone of the nation's economy.