Expensive taste…

…is not exclusive to humans,  as a Turkish beekeeper has learned.   When cages and other deterrents failed,  he decided to turn the thieves into taste testers.  The bears preferred Anzer honey,  reputed to be the most expensive in the world at $300 a kilogram.   No,  I have never tasted it,  but I grew up with bee hives in the woods and the keeper always gave us multiple jars of delicious clover honey as “rent” for using our land.   I still prefer honey instead of sugar in hot tea.

If bears had  destroyed $10,000 of my product,  I doubt I would be as sanguine about it as Ibrahim Sedef.  On the other hand,  the rabbits on my property,  given the opportunity,  will eat every pepper they can find,  hot or mild.   And twice every night I throw some scraps over the fence onto the big oak stump that serves as a feeding table for wildlife.   My visitors include a cat,  two fox,  several racoons,  birds,  squirrels,  and the occasional mouse.   Every few days I play back their images on the trail camera and reset it for more enjoyment.