Hi Emily,
 
        Bobby from Gardiner NY.  In a catalog from Brushy Mountain Bee Farms
they have a devise
 
called , Critter Gitter. It sences body heat which flashes a built in lite
and makes piercing noises.
 
The nice thing about this devise is, it changes the sound  and lite patern
each time it is activated.
 
So the critter does not get used to it. It retails for 60 bucks. You can get
a catalog by calling
 
1 800 beeswax . Tell  Becky I said , Hello. They have many good products.
 
        Good luck,
 
        Your Beeee Bud
 
        BOBBY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Emily M. Pruyn <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Monday, July 06, 1998 5:58 PM
Subject: Help! Bear in Apiary!
 
 
>I have two new hives in my back yard just outside of
>Boston Ma; and this morning at 6am I see a black bear sitting
>with my birdfeeder between his legs, scooping sunflower seeds
>intohis mouth!!  He is sitting not 30 feet away from my hives.
>I go outside and yell at him and he (she?) lumbers away.  But,
>he will be back....I'm sure the seeds were delicious, and sooner
>or later he'll notice the hives.  What should I do??  I can't sit
>by them with a .22 all night long (besides discharging it in this
>built up neighborhood is illegal).
>
>Emily ---thinking if it ain't one thing, it's another!
>Emily M. Pruyn
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