Another $450 spent on fencing and labor. The honey I get this year, no matter how much, is going to be expensive. It's amazing how much money that can get poured into this hobby.
Tomorrow I will go and see the new fencing. The car battery happened but only for a few days and then we went back to the D cell battery pack to electrify the fence. According to the hired beekeeper, something came back and moved some of the fence a little. It sounded to me like the bear came back again but got a very good shock this time so no damage was incurred. Thankfully.
I will take time to mow around the fenced in area while there to make sure that no grass or weeds touch the fence so that it stays charged enough to keep out the bear.
The hired beekeeper, Jeff, also said the hives should be 6 feet apart. They are now 1 foot apart. This is for disease control. If one hive got mites, it wouldn't so quickly get passed on to the other hive.
There's always something new to learn!
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