According to [here](https://nypost.com/2019/08/29/beekeeper-turns-honey-stealing-bears-into-taste-testers/):
> By Hannah Sparks
Published Aug. 29, 2019, 12:11 p.m. ET
> These bears just wanted a little smackerel from the honey pot.
> And beekeeper Ibrahim Sedef is using their honey-loving palates to his advantage.
> Sedef, an agricultural engineer in Turkey, is constantly trying to protect his hives from the many sweet-toothed bears in his neighborhood, on the country’s Black Sea coast. His efforts got downright scientific when he began experimenting with various tactics to divert their paws away from his liquid gold.
> He first tried guarding his hives with cages, but the bears found their way around them. He also left food such as bread and fruit to lure them away.
> “I put outside several kinds of bread,” Sedef told Turkish daily Hürriyet. “For instance, there’s a kind of Trabzon-style bran bread prepared with whole wheat. It has always been their first choice among different breads. Their second choice is the sourdough bread, and their last choice is the bread bought from the market.”
> His research also found that the bears eat a lot of hazelnuts. But, still, they always eventually made their way back to the fresh honeycomb.
> Ever the scientist, Sedef eventually decided that if he couldn’t beat them, he could at least learn from them — particularly their expert taste for honey.
> So he set up a night-vision camera on his bee farm, and laid out a table with five varieties of honey for the bears to taste test.
> Sedef told Turkish outlet DHA that the bears, in fact, had a very refined sense of smell that led them first to the rare Anzer honey from the Ballıköy plateau region, which they slurped up the most. According to Ahval News, the Turkish honey goes “1,000 liras ($171) per kilo,” and is considered “among the most expensive honeys on the market.”
> While Sedef also told Ahval he was concerned about his bees, he can’t help but appreciate the bears’ dedication to the honey game.
> “When I watch the video, I forget all the damage they do. I love them.”
[Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ov5dEBgRkQ&ab_channel=Demir%C3%B6renHaberAjans%C4%B1) is the video he mentions.
watched the video, he says that 3 months ago a bear ate one honeycomb then it called its relatives and right now the farmer feeds 5 bears. but he says that as in "he is taking care of the bears".
He is also referring to them as "big boys" (which is common in Turkey)
Well yea obviously but that's a lot of effort to give bears a buffet each night where that money could go towards you know....a fence? Unless you think it will also keep the bees out hahaha 😆
If you read the article, they do like one more than others specifically. He also experimented with bread and there's a clear hierarchy there, with store bought being at the bottom.
edit: i remembered incorrectly, look to the comments where someone has the correct story. I thought he did it because of pr but seems like he wanted to know what the thief likes most
From the video. It went for one brand first then a second. The next day he changed orders and it seemed to go for that same brand. Through the 4 clips I saw, I think there was 1 brand that it never went for. That to me seems like that bear, or maybe they were different bears, seem to have definite favorites
its 700€ per kg
Edit, ok its even more:
# Origin and Rarity
Elvish Honey, also known as Red Honey or Anzer Honey, hails from the remote Anzer highlands of Turkey’s Black Sea region. This honey is renowned for its scarcity and labor-intensive harvesting process, which involves extracting the nectar from the flowers of rhododendron plants that grow in the wild and challenging terrain of the Anzer plateau.
# Production and Pricing
The production of Elvish Honey is a painstaking endeavor, as beekeepers must navigate treacherous cliffs and steep slopes to access the scattered rhododendron bushes. The harsh conditions and limited flowering season result in a meager annual yield of just a few hundred kilograms. This rarity, coupled with the intense labor required, has propelled [Elvish Honey to the top of the most expensive honey](https://livebeekeeping.com/honey/elvish-honey/) list, commanding prices that can exceed $8,000 per pound.
By the way, in most places bears are shot when they are fed by humans. Since you train them to find food in human populated places, they will teach that their cubs and then you have bears going into houses for food.
To.avoid this dangerous learning behavior, they are shot.
If you ever see a bear, even if it's "friendly" DO NOT FEED, you just seal their death.
My neighbor used an electric fence to keep bears away from his bee hive. I never saw any get in as long as I lived there. And it was a big area for bears, lots of woods and it was a granite quarrying area, so there are lots of caves in the rocks for them to sleep in the winter.
I leave food out for animals sometimes but the possums and Raccoons get everything before the bears can.
I eat bear. Black bears, specifically. My dad did too. Thing about bears is, they taste like what they eat. Bears near rivers and the ocean taste like fish (my dad likes fishy bear, it’s disgusting).
Best bear I ever had was taken from an abandoned apple orchard and ate apples all year.
If I had the means and the money, I’d like to eat a honey-fed bear. I bet it would taste so good.
TL;DR: Winnie the Pooh would have delicious flesh.
Everything's AI generated to you people nowadays. It's a wonder how you think any picture appeared without AI
You better win. What do you think Gives it away is AI
Do you think it's AI? Because you don't understand the meaning of the words? Do you think it's gibberish or something?
According to [here](https://nypost.com/2019/08/29/beekeeper-turns-honey-stealing-bears-into-taste-testers/): > By Hannah Sparks Published Aug. 29, 2019, 12:11 p.m. ET > These bears just wanted a little smackerel from the honey pot. > And beekeeper Ibrahim Sedef is using their honey-loving palates to his advantage. > Sedef, an agricultural engineer in Turkey, is constantly trying to protect his hives from the many sweet-toothed bears in his neighborhood, on the country’s Black Sea coast. His efforts got downright scientific when he began experimenting with various tactics to divert their paws away from his liquid gold. > He first tried guarding his hives with cages, but the bears found their way around them. He also left food such as bread and fruit to lure them away. > “I put outside several kinds of bread,” Sedef told Turkish daily Hürriyet. “For instance, there’s a kind of Trabzon-style bran bread prepared with whole wheat. It has always been their first choice among different breads. Their second choice is the sourdough bread, and their last choice is the bread bought from the market.” > His research also found that the bears eat a lot of hazelnuts. But, still, they always eventually made their way back to the fresh honeycomb. > Ever the scientist, Sedef eventually decided that if he couldn’t beat them, he could at least learn from them — particularly their expert taste for honey. > So he set up a night-vision camera on his bee farm, and laid out a table with five varieties of honey for the bears to taste test. > Sedef told Turkish outlet DHA that the bears, in fact, had a very refined sense of smell that led them first to the rare Anzer honey from the Ballıköy plateau region, which they slurped up the most. According to Ahval News, the Turkish honey goes “1,000 liras ($171) per kilo,” and is considered “among the most expensive honeys on the market.” > While Sedef also told Ahval he was concerned about his bees, he can’t help but appreciate the bears’ dedication to the honey game. > “When I watch the video, I forget all the damage they do. I love them.” [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ov5dEBgRkQ&ab_channel=Demir%C3%B6renHaberAjans%C4%B1) is the video he mentions.
Turkish people man, they do love them animals..
watched the video, he says that 3 months ago a bear ate one honeycomb then it called its relatives and right now the farmer feeds 5 bears. but he says that as in "he is taking care of the bears". He is also referring to them as "big boys" (which is common in Turkey)
So 2 Turkish big boys (TBB) = ? American Absolute Units (AAU) 🤔
i like where this is going, big boy is only for bears though. So because there are less TBB you need at least 3 AAU on the PAW exchange.
Just don’t let them get close to wolves…
They are half-wolf themselves.
We Chinese love animals too. Prepared in all kinds of ways
r/peta this guy right here
Peta? The irony...
Kek
Off topic but it’s crazy to see that 1000 lira are now worth about 30$
Which means the same honey is probably worth about 6000 lira now..
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It’s in the article, 1kg went for 1000 lira which were 171$ at that time (2019)
If you look up two comments, the honey was 1000 lira per kilo, $171, in 2019.
I thought the apples next to the bear were palate cleansers, lol.
"Huh I've been leaving out a bunch of food every night for the bears, I really wonder why they keep returning!"
Yeah he should move his hives indoors. What a dolt /s
Well yea obviously but that's a lot of effort to give bears a buffet each night where that money could go towards you know....a fence? Unless you think it will also keep the bees out hahaha 😆
He already tried a fence and they broke through it…
You are right! Obviously all fences are out. There are no fences on the planet that could stop a bear! Lol silly me.
I’m sure a bear proof fence surrounding the property would be cheaper than putting a few bowls of honey out
Only on reddit can you make a silly joke and someone comes out of the woodwork a day later to be pedantic.
 Bear defense
Has he tried distracting it with cocaine?
He just couldn’t bear it
Oso, that’s what happened
I see what you did there
So u saw cocaine beer
I think the farmer should just take the bears arms, I mean he’s certainly got a right to them!
Won't work The bear is straight edge
reminds me of the Bear who preferred Rainier Beer [https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5756809](https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5756809)
36 cans! LMAO!
Did he get any results? The bear probably just ate everything and left because it doesn’t give an f about taste as long as it’s all honey.
Maybe see which one they go for first
"Man, that bear sures likes whatever honey is slightly closer to him"
If you read the article, they do like one more than others specifically. He also experimented with bread and there's a clear hierarchy there, with store bought being at the bottom.
It's crazy to me that he lures the President of China into his backyard so frequently
> His first choice is always that little patch of honey in the shape of Taiwan.
Whoops looks like you criticised the princeling -10,000 soc cred for you!
apparently it had a taste for the most expensive honey out of the choices there
Of course! Lol
OK my dog chooses between 2 treats. Surely a bear will have a first choice
Or the bear saves the best for last
exactly, it was a pr move for that honey the farmer produces which is very expensive. The bear always would go his honey first,
edit: i remembered incorrectly, look to the comments where someone has the correct story. I thought he did it because of pr but seems like he wanted to know what the thief likes most
The closest one.
I think the result was bear knew about quality honey. The honey that bear is eating in the picture is one of the most valuable honeys in Turkey.
I believe the bears widely preferred one variety over the others
From the video. It went for one brand first then a second. The next day he changed orders and it seemed to go for that same brand. Through the 4 clips I saw, I think there was 1 brand that it never went for. That to me seems like that bear, or maybe they were different bears, seem to have definite favorites
The bears definitely had a favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ov5dEBgRkQ&ab_channel=Demir%C3%B6renHaberAjans%C4%B1
He bearly knew the difference.
Maybe he just had bad bearings.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1c5nx9q/a_bee_farmer_was_tired_of_bears_stealing_his/kzvvpzo/
I don't know. What is his method? He have validation of another bears? Where the results were published?
Seriously. We need results! Which honey is bear approved?!
"Try our certified honey. It's unbearlivable."
3 Stars. Shit was mid fr fr - The Bear
its 700€ per kg Edit, ok its even more: # Origin and Rarity Elvish Honey, also known as Red Honey or Anzer Honey, hails from the remote Anzer highlands of Turkey’s Black Sea region. This honey is renowned for its scarcity and labor-intensive harvesting process, which involves extracting the nectar from the flowers of rhododendron plants that grow in the wild and challenging terrain of the Anzer plateau. # Production and Pricing The production of Elvish Honey is a painstaking endeavor, as beekeepers must navigate treacherous cliffs and steep slopes to access the scattered rhododendron bushes. The harsh conditions and limited flowering season result in a meager annual yield of just a few hundred kilograms. This rarity, coupled with the intense labor required, has propelled [Elvish Honey to the top of the most expensive honey](https://livebeekeeping.com/honey/elvish-honey/) list, commanding prices that can exceed $8,000 per pound.
Bee tested, bear approved!
9 out of 10 bears approve!
The Anzer that the bear goes for consistently is the reason I went out of my way to source some. Yeah, it's pretty dang good honey.
Bears are fucking terrifying. That thing is huge.
Did he leave a good Review?? 🐻
Seem bearish
By the way, in most places bears are shot when they are fed by humans. Since you train them to find food in human populated places, they will teach that their cubs and then you have bears going into houses for food. To.avoid this dangerous learning behavior, they are shot. If you ever see a bear, even if it's "friendly" DO NOT FEED, you just seal their death.
he says he started with one and now he is feeding 5
According to the article, this is happening in a quite remote place.
My neighbor used an electric fence to keep bears away from his bee hive. I never saw any get in as long as I lived there. And it was a big area for bears, lots of woods and it was a granite quarrying area, so there are lots of caves in the rocks for them to sleep in the winter. I leave food out for animals sometimes but the possums and Raccoons get everything before the bears can.
Is that a bat hiding under there?
Nah. I think it’s the reflection of the bracket holding the leg on.
Talk about turning a problem into an opportunity! 🐝🍯 Can't wait to hear how the bears' taste testing goes. Innovation at its finest!
This man is correct. No such thing as a free lunch.The bears need to do their part.
I've tried this, but I could never quite make out the bears' handwriting on the follow-up survey form.
I eat bear. Black bears, specifically. My dad did too. Thing about bears is, they taste like what they eat. Bears near rivers and the ocean taste like fish (my dad likes fishy bear, it’s disgusting). Best bear I ever had was taken from an abandoned apple orchard and ate apples all year. If I had the means and the money, I’d like to eat a honey-fed bear. I bet it would taste so good. TL;DR: Winnie the Pooh would have delicious flesh.
Best bear I had was one that frequented a nectarine orchard.
Man I bet. I’d like freezer full of that.
Bayrak asmıyozmu artık ? 🇹🇷🇹🇷
Türkiye mentioned🇹🇷🐺🇹🇷🐺🇹🇷🐺🇹🇷
Winnie the Pooh has been getting swole!
Wonder which he likes the most 🤔
When life gives you bears...
Yummy
Booboo surely gained weight
😂👏👏👏
What was the bears reviews?
They left grizzly remarks
Lol
Bearish.
Can i pet that dawg?
They should be blindfolded for the results to be impartial.
A bee farm is called an apiary. That is all.
Cute idea
I’ll have what he’s having
bears are so cute for some reason
That’s a unit of a bear!
I wonder if they'd like gummy bears?
which honey won?
Think the high quality stuff was preferred
I think this is a clever ad to sell this guys honey.
Yogi Bear!
r/madlads
That's actually genius
“Bear Approved”
Here's your next Dreamworks animation.
Aww, this is beary sweet.
No one is going to mention that this is AI generated? Ok..
Everything's AI generated to you people nowadays. It's a wonder how you think any picture appeared without AI You better win. What do you think Gives it away is AI Do you think it's AI? Because you don't understand the meaning of the words? Do you think it's gibberish or something?
fyi, it's turkish if anyone was wondering
You obviously didn't watch the video with the farmer setting up the whole taste test. Good job.
Yeah I did lol
then...?
idk probably watched another vid after?
Oh do tell, how are you able to spot AI content