ORONOCO, Minn. – Beekeeper Greg French at a rural ginseng farm has struck up a relationship with a bear. He calls him “Bruce.” Something had been tipping over French’s hives for almost a week. So he set up a trail camera and caught Bruce on video. French is amused as much as anything. In 30 years he’s never had an ursine visitor. He said he has beekeeper friends Up North, where bears are common, and they protect their hives with electric fences. He doesn’t want to do that. “It’s a once in a lifetime thing around here,” he told a KTTC interviewer.
Trail cam. Bruce makes his video debut, messing with beehives