"Wild Sri Lankan elephants retreat from sound of disturbed Asian honey bees." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 22 January 2018. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 01 / 180122150157.htm>.

The four men were collecting honey for presentation at the Tooth Temple in the town of Kandy during Sri Lanka's annual Esala Perahera - the country's major Buddhist festival.

A new study using playbacks, has for the first time shown that Asian elephants in Sri Lanka are scared of honey bees, much like their African counterparts. The study, led by Dr. Lucy King, a ...