Bears

[Carolyn Lewis]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I will go to 75% alcohol.  When I get all
the suggestions in I'll post a list and tell everyone what I used, and how
it works out. Carolyn Lewis

On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Stuart Fullerton wrote:

> some years ago we did m trapping in a black bear reserve near here. also
> had a problem. however found out that after the initial "investigation" of
> the trap by the bear - the damage was minimal considering what it could
> have done, when it was set back up there was no more interest. bear did
> not get to alcohol.  wonder if the fact that we were using iso rather then
> ethyl may have made the difference??  smell attractiveness rather than
> just "what is this new thing in my territory" interest.  are you doing one
> time runs or a full year round like we were?
>
> cheers!  rof
>
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> On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Carolyn Lewis wrote:
>
> > TAXACOMERS,
> > I will be using Malaise traps to collect insects this summer.  Five years
> > ago I collected in same locations, and in late summer bears destroyed the
> > traps in two locations and ate the alcohol-soaked insects.  The bears
> > served to make my research a little more interesting than expected but I'd
> > like to avoid any further bear actions. Has anyone had experience with
> > this problem? Any bear repellant suggestions would be helpful.
> >
>
> Stuart M Fullerton ROF, Research Associate in charge of Arthropod
> Collections (UCFC), Biology Dept. University of Central Florida, Orlando,
> Florida, 32816, USA. stuartf at pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
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