A clear sign that spring is here is that the bear has started to wake up after lying idle all winter.
In Sandviken municipality, two beekeepers have already announced that they have had a visit from a bear.
- You could say that they have started to wake up in the whole county and it is a bear-dense county.
It is quite widespread up to and including the southern border of Hälsingland, says Simon Viklund, game manager at the County Administrative Board of Gävleborg.
Do not leave food in front
When the bear wakes up in the spring, it has not eaten anything for several months, and is therefore very hungry.
Trash cans, bird food, everything that we humans leave behind in both nature and buildings becomes easily accessible food for the bear - and can cause problems.
- We do not want bears that learn to find food among buildings.
It may be fun the first time but then they can lose their shyness and then they can become dangerous, says Simon Viklund.