PHOTO | The bear hunting for honey in the hives is the second time in a few days in Belluno

This time the bear also left a paw on the frame of one of the hives it destroyed:it's the second time in a few days.The experts:"It's a passing animal"

VENICE – Another passage of the bear in the province of Belluno.After Fornesighe And Solagnot (in Val di Zoldo), where in the night between 15 and 16 May a bear had destroyed an entire apiary, eating around 80 kilograms of honey, a plantigrade made itself heard again, this time in Fae (Longarone):there, on the night between Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd May, it hit an apiary again, destroying four hives.And this time it also left visible signs of its passage, given that the imprint of a paw on a frame, approximately 10 centimeters wide, was left on a frame of the apiary.The provincial police, who are analyzing the raids, hypothesize it is a young animal, in all probability the same one who has been moving in the Zoldano mountains for a week.

AN ANIMAL 'IN DISPERSION', THIS IS WHAT IT'S LOOKING FOR

The wildlife experts of the Provincial Police explain that the bear in question seems to have acquired the habit of visiting apiaries that he finds in the area, to eat larvae, wax sheets, bees and the quantities of honey present (mostly scarce at this time of year).It may be that it still remains in the territory, depending on the availability of food, or that it abandons it, given that it is a passing animal, "dispersed".Provincial Police officers will continue to monitor the bear's passages, including by installing camera traps. The invitation to beekeepers is to check the hives daily, even those located near roads and homes, to prevent new predations.

THE FACTS OF THE ZOLDO VALLEY

In the previous case of 'assault' on the hives, the bear had "destroyed an entire apiary, eating a quantity of honey, honeycombs and sheets of wax, quantifiable at around 80 kilograms.The surviving bee nuclei were lost due to bad weather.The damage to the beekeeper is enormous."The provincial police, who intervened, found footprints and scratches on the frames of the apiary, "attributable to a bear.However, no biological material was found.The officers positioned some camera traps both in the area of ​​the raid and in the surrounding area, to monitor any other movements."

THE SECOND TIME IN LONGARONE

Last night, however, the bear was in Faè (Longarone) and hit an apiary again, destroying four hives.The proof is the paw that was left imprinted on a frame of the apiary, 10 centimeters wide

A BEAR PHOTOGRAPHED IN CADORE BETWEEN 8 AND 9 MAY

However, it is “about a passing animal:usually - say the provincial police experts - they are dispersing males who go in search of new territories;it could be a plantigrade from the Trentino or Slovenian population." It's nothing new that of the passage of bears in the Belluno area:on the night between 8 and 9 May a camera trap in Casera Razzo (Vigo di Cadore) had immortalized a specimen in transit.In light of the recent incursion in Val di Zoldo, the Provincial Police recommends beekeepers "to check the apiaries daily, especially those located in areas far from homes during these flowering days".