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beehive destroying bear
« on: October 27, 2019, 11:45:29 PM »
No More!
He cost me two beehives. Looks like he got into some green paint. I'm going to see if I can clean it off. What do you think of a bear vest?
Anyone who asks, I took the tag off in preparation to skin him.
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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2019, 11:47:51 PM »
Camo so he could get in & out easier...
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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2019, 01:11:51 AM »
Pretty colored bear.

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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2019, 05:01:22 AM »
He should taste like honey then
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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2019, 07:22:37 AM »
Nice bear.  Save the bees!   


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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2019, 08:40:50 AM »
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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2019, 10:05:20 AM »
PETA threw a bucket of paint on a live bear?  Idiots!   :chuckle: 

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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2019, 07:15:18 PM »
Sounds like he was a trouble maker! Nice job taking him down. Hope you can get the paint off  :tup:
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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2019, 07:15:43 AM »
PETA threw a bucket of paint on a live bear?  Idiots!   :chuckle:

Well, he was wearing fur, after all.
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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2019, 07:18:15 AM »
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"Oily substances such as cooking oil, mineral oil or petroleum jelly can help soften the paint so it can be removed easier. Simply soak the area where the paint is and allow it to absorb for a few hours. Then sprinkle some powdered starch to help absorb any liquified paint and excess oil."
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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2019, 11:19:21 AM »
Nice bear! In the future an electric fence can prevent more hive losses, it’s worked for a few keepers I have spoken with.

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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2019, 12:14:24 PM »
Nice bear! In the future an electric fence can prevent more hive losses, it’s worked for a few keepers I have spoken with.

Didn't work for me. Really their coats are so thick, they won't feel it unless it gets them on the nose or mouth. I was always told to hang some bacon off the hot wire, that way they'd get zapped for sure. I never tried that.
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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2019, 12:27:33 PM »
Watched a guy run a successful huckleberry and fireweed honey operation for years in the mountains. He used hot wires and alarms.  Came back for many years so I assumed what ever he was doing was working.

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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2019, 12:37:52 PM »
Thats what they run for grizz camp so must have some sort of success with it. 

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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2019, 12:47:08 PM »
That bear is what is known as a Greener.
There are tons of them hair matted, liberals roaming the West Olympia area.
Most attend the Evergreen State College and live on their mommy's trust fund money from Grandpa and Grandma's estate.
Get a second tag and dispatch another.

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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #15 on: October 29, 2019, 01:18:06 PM »
Looks like you took out a real trouble maker.  With the paint on him and the beehive shenanigans id be willing to bet he had a habit of raiding garbage cans too.  Hope the meat doesnt reflect that.  Bear up in valdez got into a garbage can and took off with a loaded diaper like he struck gold.  Theyll eat some real foul stuff.  I watched 11 grizzlies tearing into 3 rotten walrus carcasses that washed up on the shore near kivalina.  :puke:

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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #16 on: October 29, 2019, 01:46:23 PM »
Nice bear! In the future an electric fence can prevent more hive losses, it’s worked for a few keepers I have spoken with.

Didn't work for me. Really their coats are so thick, they won't feel it unless it gets them on the nose or mouth. I was always told to hang some bacon off the hot wire, that way they'd get zapped for sure. I never tried that.

Depends on placement & the strength of the energizer as well, I wouldn’t use anything less than 2 joules for bear deterrent. The nets tend to work better than wires.

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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #17 on: October 29, 2019, 05:45:26 PM »
Nice bear! In the future an electric fence can prevent more hive losses, it’s worked for a few keepers I have spoken with.

Didn't work for me. Really their coats are so thick, they won't feel it unless it gets them on the nose or mouth. I was always told to hang some bacon off the hot wire, that way they'd get zapped for sure. I never tried that.

Depends on placement & the strength of the energizer as well, I wouldn’t use anything less than 2 joules for bear deterrent. The nets tend to work better than wires.

My hog fence is more than double that, its a parmak mark 8 putting out 4.9 joules.  I use several of these parmaks actually.   I wouldn't use anything less for bear personally, they're persistent and determined buggers

https://www.amazon.com/Impedance-120-Volt-Electric-reflecting-livestock/dp/B0002YUWFC

and I would use netting for bears I think, possibly even with a few strands in front of the net a few feet and maybe above the netting too

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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #18 on: October 29, 2019, 06:18:30 PM »
Nice bear Humptulips!
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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #19 on: November 01, 2019, 09:39:14 PM »
Good deal getting even for the bees, hope no prized queens were eaten.
Do you think that was a trouble maker bear relocated from elsewhere? 
Reason I ask is that bear looks much lighter in color than most bears around the peninsula--most being dark black, with only a few having a dark brown around the muzzle.

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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #20 on: November 01, 2019, 09:43:35 PM »
Good deal getting even for the bees, hope no prized queens were eaten.
Do you think that was a trouble maker bear relocated from elsewhere? 
Reason I ask is that bear looks much lighter in color than most bears around the peninsula--most being dark black, with only a few having a dark brown around the muzzle.
It looks lighter because it was covered in a light green paint which I have been working on removing. I got the last off today.
I do not think it was moved from anyplace but it was up to no good. Besides the green paint it had birdshot embedded in its front legs. Must have been giving other people problems.
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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #21 on: November 01, 2019, 10:42:20 PM »
Here's what it looks like after cleaning.
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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #22 on: November 02, 2019, 07:09:50 PM »
Nice bear! In the future an electric fence can prevent more hive losses, it’s worked for a few keepers I have spoken with.

Didn't work for me. Really their coats are so thick, they won't feel it unless it gets them on the nose or mouth. I was always told to hang some bacon off the hot wire, that way they'd get zapped for sure. I never tried that.

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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #23 on: November 02, 2019, 08:44:15 PM »
Paint balls and birdshot, troublemaker for sure.

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Re: beehive destroying bear
« Reply #24 on: November 04, 2019, 08:04:21 PM »
We use farm store electric fence chargers and 2 strands of wire around the hives. Bears tend not to return after tangling with the fence the first time.

 


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