Bears Suspected Of Looting Hives In Southern Austria
Officials in southern Austria are investigating a potential series of bear attacks on hives after two apiaries were ransacked within days. Picture shows broken beehives, undated. Police in Hermagor in the state of Carinthia announced that an apiarist’s backyard beehive was destroyed and pillaged. (LPD Carinthia, NewsX/Bee) Police in Hermagor in the State of Carinthia announced that an apiarist’s backyard beehive was destroyed and pillaged. The local police department added…
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