Beehives are small areas bud, they can be fortified in a sense better. Also Around here the bears are way over carrying capacity. I’ve seen 11 in one day, my buddy had 13 on film in one cornfield, I come home from work they’re in the trees, you’ll see them walking past the truck as you’re underneath changing the oil. Let’s just say competition for food is high. Over 50 houses a year were broken into by bears looking for food in my area.
We had a hunt and it lessened things a little but they just Kiboshed it again.
In those circumstances the bears are nuts. People put up electric fences with bacon on it to hit the sensitive mouth. The bears learn to push it down with a furry arm to get inside. It’s over than.
Same with certain crops. Where there’s a will there’s a way. If the population is low they may find an easier food source but once you open the fence the bears will come.
Another consideration and again I don’t know the op area but if the deer aren’t used to bears they commonly shy away from them initially.
My area the deer are fine, other parts of the state where bears are “newer” the deer vacate where the bears are. They don’t have the option here.
I’d just plant something else. Bears eat corn til they get sick from it and keep eating/destroying field. 5 acres isnt that much. They could damage it quick.
just considerations and maybe irrelevant if the population isn’t too high
