Building Bear Fences for Your Apiary: ENY-2060/IN1318, 3/2021

Kimberly K. Post; Cameron Jack

doi:10.32473/edis-in1318-2021

Vol. 2021 No. 2, Entomology and Nematology

Vol. 2021 No. 2

Building Bear Fences for Your Apiary: ENY-2060/IN1318, 3/2021

Entomology and Nematology

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1318-2021

Published 2021-04-05

Kimberly K. Post⁺⁻
Cameron Jack⁺⁻

Kimberly K. Post

University of Florida

Cameron Jack

University of Florida

A photo of Elina Garrison grad assistant holding three bearcubs about the size of housecats.

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Keywords

honey
bee
honeybee
american
black
bear
beekeeping
fence
fencing
pest
apiary

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Post, Kimberly K., and Cameron Jack. 2021. “Building Bear Fences for Your Apiary: ENY-2060 IN1318, 3 2021”. EDIS 2021 (2). Gainesville, FL:6. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1318-2021.

Abstract

The American black bear is beloved, but it is also the most damaging vertebrate pest of honey bee apiaries in North America. That is in part because bears and beekeepers often share the same home territory. Many top beekeeping and pollination states also fall within the range of the American black bear. Can bears and beekeepers live in peace together? This 6-page fact sheet written by Kimberly K. Post and Cameron Jack and published by the UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Department details the basic steps for installing an electrified bear fence around a bee yard so that savvy beekeepers can protect hives and honey without harming honey-loving bears.

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