As baffling as it may sound, people of Samrang Gewog under Samdrup Jongkhar will be distributed honeycomb along with electric fences as an intervention to human-wildlife conflict.
Samrang Gewog loses a huge chunk of their crops, mostly paddy, to wild animals every year. As a measure, Samrang Gewog will have electric fencing with beehives positioned at various points of the fencing. This is a double measure to keep the elephants away. Elephants are known to avoid bees.
According to Samrang Gup, Mon Bahadur Gurung, the beehives will also help farmers generate income.
The Wildlife Conservation Division and the Global Environment Facility project are providing farmers with electric fencing and honeycomb. Installation works will start in about two months.
