Bears

[Carolyn Lewis]

To all:  I am collecting in the Ouachita National Forest of Western
Arkansas.  Black bears are the problem. I will be collecting from June
to September--the trap is set-up with 95% ETOH in order to collect
braconid wasps. I will run them for one week each month-June was a
success. We situated the traps away from obvious trails.  When I collected
five years ago it was a very hot, dry summer and the large tabanids would
hover around buzzing inside the traps.  I thought perhaps the bears came
to the noise of the tabanids. Also, the locations in question were quite
open and the traps were visible, that isn't much of a problem this year.

Carolyn