His research also found that the bears eat a lot of hazelnuts. But, still, they always eventually made their way back to the fresh honeycomb.
Ever the scientist, Sedef eventually decided that if he couldn’t beat them, he could at least learn from them — particularly their expert taste for honey.
So he set up a night-vision camera on his bee farm, and laid out a table with five varieties of honey for the bears to taste test.
Sedef told Turkish outlet DHA that the bears, in fact, had a very refined sense of smell that led them first to the rare Anzer honey from the Ballıköy plateau region, which they slurped up the most. According to Ahval News, the Turkish honey goes “1,000 liras ($171) per kilo,” and is considered “among the most expensive honeys on the market.”
While Sedef also told Ahval he was concerned about his bees, he can’t help but appreciate the bears’ dedication to the honey game.
