Bears love honey and they can do anything to get some of it.
They love it so much that they become a headache for many beekeepers. These adorable apex predators are very common guests at many bee farms, yet they are very unwelcome as the damages they cause are sometimes worth thousands. However, many beekeepers, such as Ibrahim Sedef, try their best to keep them away from beehives.
According to DHA, Ibrahim Sedef lives in Trabzon, Turkey, and is an agricultural engineer who works in beekeeping. Sedef has been struggling to prevent bears from trashing the hives in an attempt to get that precious honey.
To protect the hives, he put the metal cages around them. Sedef also tried leaving food such as bread, fruit, and honey in an attempt to prevent bears from treating themselves to snacks directly from the hives.
The beekeeper wanted to learn more about the bears’ movement and behavior. He installed photo trap cameras to track the bears roaming his bee farm.
He tried to figure out how to outsmart these greedy animals, Sedef came up with a brilliant idea.
He decided to turn these bears into honey tasters because they have a good taste for honey.
The beekeeper put the 4 kinds of honey on the table for the bears to feast on. He wasn’t disappointed with the result. As it turns out, bears have quite an expensive taste.
Sedef told DHA that bears were drawn by the smell of Anzer honey as they always tasted it first, sometimes without even touching the cherry blossom honey.
2 pounds of the famous Turkish honey, Anzer, sells for more than $300.
If you can get your hands on unpasteurized Anzer honey FOR FREE, then you may deem yourself a lottery winner.
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