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Black bear damages to beeyards in the peace river area of Alberta : 1972-76

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Black bears (Ursus americanus) continue to damage beehives in the Peace River area of Alberta. The Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division initiated intensive bear control and studies of beeyard... More ≫

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Black bears (Ursus americanus) continue to damage beehives in the Peace River area of Alberta. The Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division initiated intensive bear control and studies of beeyard damages in 1972 and studies of bear biology, electric fence effectiveness, translocations and electro-shock conditioning since then. These programs have been sumtiarized in earlier reports (Quaedvlieg, et. al. 1973, Gunson 1974, Denison and MacGougan 1975, Pecharsky 1975, Gunson 1975, Allen 1976, Dorrance and Gunson 1976, Gunson and Pipella 1977, Gunson and Cole 1977). This report summarizes data on damages and bear captures from 1972 to 1976, inclusive.

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Evaluation of black bear damage to apiaries in the Peace River area : 1973

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Serious damage to apiaries by black bears continued during 1973. A damage survey and bear control program v^as established to provide comprehensive data on the extent and distribution of damage... More ≫

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Serious damage to apiaries by black bears continued during 1973. A damage survey and bear control program v^as established to provide comprehensive data on the extent and distribution of damage and to remove individual problem bears. Three hundred and thirty-seven damage complaints were investigated. Estimates of loss are 150,000 dollars for the. May to August summer period and about 200,000 dollars for the entire season. Loss per bear attack during the summer months was 289 dollars. One hundred and eighty-two bears were removed by leg-snaring, culvert-trapping and shooting. In addition approximately 200 bears were removed by beekeepers. Only two of 20 experimental electric fences were penetrated by bears throughout the summer.

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