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The beekeepers club at Susquehanna University is looking for the thief who broke into beehives and stole honey.

The suspect: a bear that just came out of hibernation.

Susquehanna University has a relatively small beekeeping operation. That's why it stung so hard when a bear damaged one of the hives. Some of the bees died and the club lost a lot of honey. Now club members are looking for the bear that did all the damage.

On Sunday, advisor Derek Straub got a call that something got into the hives. "One of the hives was knocked over but stayed pretty much intact. The third hive was knocked over and some of the frames with honey on it was clearly taken out and eaten," Straub said.

Though there were no witnesses, Susquehanna University posted a wanted sketch, believing the suspect is a black bear, a hungry one.

The bear not only damaged the hives and ate the honey, but quite a few bees died.

The bear came back the following night so the bees were moved off campus into protective custody.

The next step is to put protective electric fencing around the hives to keep predators away from the bees.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission set up a bear trap with donuts to lure the suspect.

The bear trap has been set up for three days, but so far, but the bear has not come back. The plan is to trap the bear and move it to a location with fewer people and fewer things to get into.
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