# Bears and Honey

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-and-honey/151498>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 30, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-and-honey/151498 "2003-01-30T02:21:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-and-honey/151498/1 "2003-01-30T02:21:42Z")

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Do bears really like honey? Would they climb trees to dig into a beehive? Just wondering if the “Winnie the Pooh” image has distorted our image of the truth…just like the hub-bub over the lemmings. - Jinx

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-and-honey/151498/2 "2003-01-30T02:30:08Z")

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> Do bears really like honey?

They do. They also love the bee pupae mixed in with the honey they ingest. When you think about it a beehive is an enormously rewarding treat ( in terms of energetics ), with its bounty of sugar and protein. Well worth the energy expended by critters like the Black Bear and the African Honey Badger ( to name another famous bee-raider ) to acquire it. Especially as it is a food source that is not heavily exploited, as you have to be strong enough and tough enough to dig them out in the face of determined defenders.

- Tamerlane

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-and-honey/151498/3 "2003-01-30T02:52:50Z")

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Not to hijack this but what was the movie where the girl walked over to a beehive and grabbed a wad of honey out of it, while her sister watched in awe?

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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-and-honey/151498/4 "2003-01-30T02:55:16Z")

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Joey -

That was “Fried Green Tomatoes”. - Jinx