?> Do all you bear country beekeepers feel safe working in your apiaries?  I 
mean to you need to look over your shoulder for a bear.  I understand black 
bears steer clear of humans...

I was out with a beekeeper to inspect some hives in September.  We arrived 
at the yard to find a mid-sized young male black bear working on several. of 
them.  It was late afternoon. Picture at 
http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/images/2010/DSCF7269.JPG, and a bit more 
about it at http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/2010/diary091010.htm

The bear left and went several hundred yards to the bush, but then turned 
and began returning.  We got into our vehicles.  The bear went away again, 
but we kept a careful watch. 

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