![Gideon Maundu Members of Tulinde Mikoko, Swahili for Let's Protect Mangroves, plant mangrove trees in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b43e27376d644553ade79ecd6ce2f5e5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Members of Tulinde Mikoko, Swahili for Let's Protect Mangroves, plant mangrove trees in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)
![Gideon Maundu Peter Nyongesa walks through the mangroves to monitor his beehives in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May 30, 2024. The 69-year-old Nyongesa recalled how he would plead unsuccessfully with loggers to spare the mangroves or cut only the mature ones while leaving the younger ones intact. So he has turned to deterring the loggers with bees, hidden in the mangroves and ready to sting. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4d264ace1cd84edfbecfed6f3286a3a1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Peter Nyongesa walks through the mangroves to monitor his beehives in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May 30, 2024. The 69-year-old Nyongesa recalled how he would plead unsuccessfully with loggers to spare the mangroves or cut only the mature ones while leaving the younger ones intact. So he has turned to deterring the loggers with bees, hidden in the mangroves and ready to sting. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)
![Gideon Maundu Members of Tulinde Mikoko, Swahili for Let's Protect Mangroves, plant mangrove trees in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May 30, 2024. The group has concealed beehives at the top of the mangroves and by leveraging the natural deterrent of bees, these strategically positioned hives serve as silent guardians of the mangroves, attacking unsuspecting loggers who attempt to cut the trees. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8b230ceec42b4fff95a7fcf922f1fc2a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Members of Tulinde Mikoko, Swahili for Let's Protect Mangroves, plant mangrove trees in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May 30, 2024. The group has concealed beehives at the top of the mangroves and by leveraging the natural deterrent of bees, these strategically positioned hives serve as silent guardians of the mangroves, attacking unsuspecting loggers who attempt to cut the trees. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)
![Gideon Maundu Members of Tulinde Mikoko, Swahili for Let's Protect Mangroves, plant mangrove trees in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May 30, 2024. The group has concealed beehives at the top of the mangroves and by leveraging the natural deterrent of bees, these strategically positioned hives serve as silent guardians of the mangroves, attacking unsuspecting loggers who attempt to cut the trees. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8d8ca3f4e77f42cca2d4fe92cd982587/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Members of Tulinde Mikoko, Swahili for Let's Protect Mangroves, plant mangrove trees in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May 30, 2024. The group has concealed beehives at the top of the mangroves and by leveraging the natural deterrent of bees, these strategically positioned hives serve as silent guardians of the mangroves, attacking unsuspecting loggers who attempt to cut the trees. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)
![Gideon Maundu Members of a local conservation group called Tulinde Mikoko, plant mangrove trees in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/cbc27273c16148cfa02a5718c08d86de/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Members of a local conservation group called Tulinde Mikoko, plant mangrove trees in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)
![Gideon Maundu Members of Tulinde Mikoko, Swahili for Let's Protect Mangroves, plant mangrove trees in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/76067f51bccf47bda6aa180990f66bcc/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Members of Tulinde Mikoko, Swahili for Let's Protect Mangroves, plant mangrove trees in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)
![Gideon Maundu Peter Nyongesa walks through the mangroves to monitor his beehives in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May 30, 2024. The 69-year-old Nyongesa recalled how he would plead unsuccessfully with loggers to spare the mangroves or cut only the mature ones while leaving the younger ones intact. So he has turned to deterring the loggers with bees, hidden in the mangroves and ready to sting. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ecb79563574048d895be42cd00bffd38/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Peter Nyongesa walks through the mangroves to monitor his beehives in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May 30, 2024. The 69-year-old Nyongesa recalled how he would plead unsuccessfully with loggers to spare the mangroves or cut only the mature ones while leaving the younger ones intact. So he has turned to deterring the loggers with bees, hidden in the mangroves and ready to sting. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)
![Gideon Maundu Peter Nyongesa, 69, walks through the mangroves to monitor beehives in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d36db2a227f244a28a87b14ff0aac7e1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Peter Nyongesa, 69, walks through the mangroves to monitor beehives in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)