Beehive you elephants!

[WhatTheHey]

     I just thought this was a great idea and most likely there are similar species interactions that could be use too.  We use some species of insects as pesticides and they do work well when applied correctly.  I have use ladybugs to get rid of several types of aphids. But this is going a bit farther using species interaction to build a wall.  It seems to work very well with elephants.

                  http://elephantsandbees.com/

[WhatTheHey]

    Just thinking about this subject and wondered if there is a field of study about this very thing.   I haven't seen anything else on this idea of making a science out of finding species interactions capable of being used in ways like this beehive wall.  I would imagine there are a great many interactions that are dynamic enough to be used in some way.  There are lots of specie combinations that can be explored as well.   Insect use for insect, insect for rodent, rodent for insect, mammal for rodent or insect, insect for mammal and the list of possibilities goes on.  I wonder if there is already a science at work on this.  As I said above I've looked into it some and found nothing yet. 

Hope this doesn't bug ya!  lol

[ArMaP]

Just thinking about this subject and wondered if there is a field of study about this very thing.

Yes, it's called ecology.

In this case the side effects may be small, as the ecosystem of that region doesn't appear to be very active, but we never know.

A good example was how the reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone resulted in apparently unrelated things. The wolves started killing elks, so the elks started breaking up the large groups and started moving more. That created an opportunity for the trees to grow, as the reduced elk pressure on the new born trees resulted in more and stronger trees. More and stronger trees resulted in an increase of beaver population, and that increase brought more beaver built dams, controlling the water cycle and bringing more fish, duck and other related species to those rivers.
Also, the more and stronger trees growing along the river banks contributed to reduce the erosion created by the rivers on unprotected banks, also helping stabilising the water cycle. The presence of the wolves also created more available carrion, so the scavenger population increased too, with more crows and eagles feeding from the spoils of the wolves and bears killings. As wolves kill coyotes, the population of the animals the coyotes feed on (mostly rabbits and mice) also increased, creating a better food source for other small predators like hawks, weasels, foxes and badgers.

An ecosystem is a very complex thing.

[WhatTheHey]

     Like I said above "I haven't seen anything else on this idea of making a science out of finding species interactions capable of being used in ways like

   this beehive wall."  There are many areas of science under biology and ecology.  Branch studies with specific subjects and goals.
     
So you could group it in that category of ecology (the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their

physical surroundings.)  But just like ecology is a branch of biology science.

I'm talking specifically about interactions between species that can be utilized.

Like elephants having a existing fear of bees. These kinds of things are worthy of there own branch of study. 

So one can understand better, these are sciences that all fall under the base science of biology.

Ecology, under which there are so many other categories Its amazing.

Under ecology there are many more.  Entomology, ornithology, ichthyology and the list goes on and on.  

Hope this helps you understand.

  A good name for this type of study would be (The study of dynamic interactive animal relations and possible uses.)