Yesterday I finished cleaning up the remains of my bee yard after the
bears picnicked on my 10 hives.  Not fun.  All of the frames were
heavily damaged but with the exception of the frames and two inner
covers, all woodenware was ok.  Even the gallon sized glass feeder jars
were undamaged.  I was able to rescue one large cluster that is now
hived at my home location.

   My question is, can anyone steer me to a Fort Knox quality fencing
design for a permanent bee yard?  The location is great (for me)
bordering my blueberry land and open fields planted to clover and vetch.
I just need to find a way to make sure next year the bears are kept out
of the yard.

   (I have inquires in to Zareba (manufacturer of my solar electric
fence controller - Agway branded Red Snap'R) to determine what flaws
existed in my fence implementation.)

Regards,

Andrew Dewey

(Happy to have found 5 nucs to pick up this evening even if I will have
to feed them sugar water for the rest of the summer!  They'll be kept
far away - 70 miles -from the bears.)

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