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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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Movements of translocated and other black bears following beehive depredations

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This report summarizes preliminary radio-telemetric monitoring of black bears following damages to beehives. Nine bears were translocated distances of 18 to 122 km. Four radio-collared bears were... More ≫

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This report summarizes preliminary radio-telemetric monitoring of black bears following damages to beehives. Nine bears were translocated distances of 18 to 122 km. Four radio-collared bears were released at the site of capture Four translocated bears returned distances of 22.9, 23.3, 37.4 and 38.6 km to the area of capture. Three bearstranslocated distances of 48.3, 69.5 and 101 km, did not return. Movements of two control bears were extensive; greatest distances between locations were 24 and 35 km. Data are compared to that from other studies of translocated bears and implications to the management of the bear-beehive conflict are discussed.

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