Jose I don't use them solar chargers. I keep a lot of hive in Bear Country in Apalachicola National Forest I used to red snapper. Before I always go in Bear Country before I put the bees in I'll come in one week before and I put bacon on the bottom on the bottom wire let him taste it. if you have yellow jackets around you were always at the Yellow Jackets Nest first. Just some advice from and old-timer

Hi Jose A radio playing 24/7 worked for us just a news station is best no music. No need to get them bears dancing it makes them hungry. Thanks

Have you tried baiting the fence? Wrap some bacon on the wire, or hang a sardine can or tuna can on the hot wires. The bear will smell the lure, and get a full bolt in the mouth. You can also lay down some grounded chicken wire around the perimeter to ensure the bear gets it full force. If the ground is dry, they may not get much of a jolt.

I live in Washington and we have a huge population of black bears, we specialize in fire weed honey and we have leases with timber company's and there land is full of bears. We started using S40 Solar Fence Energizer G345404 from Gallagher, you will be impressed as it has bear mode!

We’re out here in Fresno Cali. We use your basic car battery. Your positive going to your fence and your negative to your ground. Use a 12 V Magnum solar battery charger with a small solar panel for your charge.

The parmak 12 volt and put you up so motion sensor solor power lights and pour a 5 gallons buckets of water on your ground rods keep them wet we're it is so dry. I hope this help.

Glad we don’t have bears 🐻 😱 Badgers are my main problem 😆Thanks for sharing and sorry the loss

Same one I use in pa. Also noticed that if they want in they go threw it with no problem. High tension fence works best around here. But a lot more work and cost.

For a fence energizers I would go with Gallagher or patriot if you lay some welded wire on the ground and brown that wire you’ll have a better chance of hitting that dear heart some people call it tanglefoot but basically the Bears steps on the welded wire and that ground him out you connect that directly to your grounding rods. This way he’ll have a better direct path to ground

A bee yard in the Tennessee mountains was playing a radio 24/7. They said it helped

I use Parmak Solarpack 12 (sp?), black bear tried to dig under the fence and hit the lower wire (I actually run a ground wire along the very bottom at ground level of the metal posts as our ground is very dry, but he hit the hot). Left a trail of poo down the driveway as it ran away. Kept coming back to test the fence, obviously remembering the pre-fence feast but is now only leaving a trail of crushed grass as it circles the fence. I really believe you have to have a higher joule rating to get them to pay attention as previously we used the 10 mile version of what you are using. That did good for deer and the like, but the bear just pushed the fence post aside. Not sure what types of bears out west, I have heard ours are smaller in New England, but this one is able to put claw marks in trees higher than I can reach. If I find a higher powered one, I might just switch to it as I can see the bear is testing it for weaknesses but I don't have electric out there obviously for the bigger ones.

Try a wide impedance charger. Works better in dry conditions. Sometimes they can be a little hard to find.

I'll come to California and be a beeyard watcher for ya.

With this horrible drought we're in that bear is probably extra hungry It's going to be tough to stop them

Parmak 6 pack, if ground is dry and grounding is an issue alternate hot and ground wires on fence posts along with using ground rods. So if using 6 fence wires 3 or 4 will be hot and the rest will be grounds. Bear pokes his head between wires and zap. Remember bears have a lot of hair for that spark to get through and the bigger the fence charger the better!

My parmak 12v still didn't stop the bears from getting my hives it took a combo of the electric fence solar motion sensed lights and solar motion sensors alarms and a few 12 gage trip alarms bear hadn't been back yet .

Also use barb wire fencing

I’m in Australia 🇦🇺 so we don’t get bear problems but we have meat ants 🐜 that will abscond the bee’s from the hive in hours

The grounding is important, not just the rods but run every other wire a ground right to the charger. That way it will be grounded and complete the circuit at the same time as it pushes through. It works for rank bulls and pigs it will work for this bear. I believe Bob Bonnie has a video out about how it should be set up.

I have barbed wire and I bait the wire with bacon or tin foil with peanut butter on it.

A $1.00 cartridge will take care of that bear. Just need the $400 plane ticket a d out of state license. Lol

I haven't had bear trouble myself. But I'd heard from people that did and they often say once the bear has a taste its very hard to be rid of them. You may have to do some extreme measures. sorry this happened to you. Maybe you could do multiple electric fences, and move the yard? People I'd talked to that had bear trouble think that moving the bee yard is one of their good options and that its pretty much hard/impossible to get them to not come back. So some of them may consider a move because of this. But I get also that its not that easy to find a bee yard. :( And takes lots of time to set up. :S You know if you got a bear problem, you could see if there's a houndsman in your area. Thing with that is I don't know your states rules. But where I'm at, there's this niche of people that are called houndsmen that love dealing with that kind of stuff. (Not sure what your legal requirements are.) Part of why they might jump at it is because they have to keep their dogs trained and fresh on techniques and handling.

I do wildlife control for living. Probably nothing to stop it needs trapped relocated or put down. Might get damage control permit from the state hire a trapper. Bear won the challenge once they win they know they can win wont give up till hes eating brood. Fence might have been down or weak first time it came let it win. Once they win builds confidence ..

And we're it is so dry Thier pour water on your ground rod put up motion sensor light s that are solor that will help u to get a stronger charger.

Once the bears learn they can get in it's hard to keep them out. I'm not sure what Fish & Game rules are these days but they used to set barrel traps for us. I think you can shoot them IF you "catch them in the act" but I would double check. Back in the day I spent many a night sleeping on the back of the truck with my rifle. I use Parmak 30 mile boxes. Cell cameras help keep an eye on them if you have coverage. I have a bear dog named Rusty, he'll take care of it.

Are you electrifying the whole woven wire or are you running regular strands of tinsel wire and charging them? I’d also be concerned about your ground and the amount of Joules.

pour sum salt water around the ground rods. I KEEP 30 HIVES SHOOTING DISTANCE FROM MY HOUSE.

sorry the bear keeps getting your bees. here we use 30-06. bear meat is good.

You're going to need more power. A solar fencer will not even stop a deer. You probably can use a deep cycle battery, a power inverter, and a solar battery charger to utilize a good cattle fencer. (And if you do, DON'T touch it by accident!!) Good luck!

Get a hunting license and a bear tag, lol! I use parmak and haven't had any issues yet. But I have heard that once a bear knows it can get in and what the reward is... It will not stop getting in. Best bet is to move em several miles away. Taking a risk with bears can be an expensive, time consuming and heart breaking lesson.

12 gauge shotgun is what we use. Lol just to scare them away.

Need one that runs a backup 12 volt battery

30.06 180 gr.

220 volts that will do the job