Different versions about eating bee larvae are quite interesting, but
here is another wrinkle that causes more than one eyebrow to raise.
 
   Whenever we came across one of our bee yards that had been struck by
bears in the mountains of northern California, one feature soon became
obvious.  The bears did not focus on honey at all.  The centers of the
frames had been gouged out, with the brood missing.  Poor Poo Bear!  And
how about all those honey dispensers shaped in the form of bears?
 
   Something to think about.
 
                                                        Adrian
 
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