OK, fine, but what about all the honey they've eaten?

posted May 11, 2011 at 1:30 PM

Aggressive wildlife fact of the day: black bears have killed 63 people in the United States and Canada over the last 109 years. The last person to be killed by a black bear in New York State was 5-month-old Esther Schwimmer in 2002 in Sullivan County. Before that, the last person was a boy killed by a captive black bear on Long Island in 1933. [NYT] [AP/CBS] [Wikipedia] Earlier: a bunch of items about bears in New York

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Wait, was it 2002 or 2009 (when the 5 month old was killed)? Egads. I don't remember that. That's awful.

... said Summer on May 11, 2011 at 1:35 PM | link

A black bear ate my beehive in Grafton last week! Tore it open and ate the wax out of the frames, including all the honey and baby bee larvae. So cliche.

... said rana on May 12, 2011 at 1:27 PM | link

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