These bears just wanted a little smackerel from the honey pot.
And beekeeper Ibrahim Sedef is using their honey-loving palates to his advantage.
Sedef, an agricultural engineer in Turkey, is constantly trying to protect his hives from the many sweet-toothed bears in his neighborhood, on the country’s Black Sea coast. His efforts got downright scientific when he began experimenting with various tactics to divert their paws away from his liquid gold.
He first tried guarding his hives with cages, but the bears found their way around them. He also left food such as bread and fruit to lure them away.
“I put outside several kinds of bread,” Sedef told Turkish daily Hürriyet. “For instance, there’s a kind of Trabzon-style bran bread prepared with whole wheat. It has always been their first choice among different breads. Their second choice is the sourdough bread, and their last choice is the bread bought from the market
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