According to Born Free USA’s Jennifer Place, “Bees are a very important species to ecosystems but so are black bears. Black bears are opportunistic scavengers and predators,” she said. “We need black bears to have a healthy ecosystem.” Place also said that lethal methods of controlling bears are inhumane and ineffective: “Lethal control does not solve wildlife conflict,” she said. “The underlying cause of the conflict persists.”
Link: The Baltimore Sun