Black Bear returns to Michigan City, Indiana (honey farm before Hibernation in Northern Michigan) - October 2015

report from WSBT dot-com (South Bend, IN CBS affiliate):
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says it appears the bear is back in the Michigan City area.
DNR officials say the black bear was actually in Michigan for more than a month. All indications were that he was up in Michigan and was going to stay there, but there is something about Indiana that keeps him coming back.
“It had been about a month or more since we had last heard anything about his presence in Indiana,” said Phil Bloom of the Indiana DNR. “He had gone a little further north into Michigan this last time around but now appears to have returned."
“I would definitely say it's cool that he's still here. Actually, I’m kind of happy he's still coming around," said Pete Livas.
Livas is the owner of a honey farm in Michigan City, IN that the bear visited Thursday night. He says that was actually the bear's fourth visit to his farm.
In past visits the bear had eaten several pounds of honey, which forced Livas to move his beehives, but this bear is smarter than the average bear.
"He was looking for the bees. He didn't find them, so he came over here and got the peanut butter jars out of the garbage can,” Livas said.
"Well. He will head back somewhere,” Bloom said. “We would have anticipated that he would have moved back north by now, but he appears to have found some stuff to his liking."
More specifically, the bear's found a lot of food around here. That's also been pretty good news for some of the businesses that sell that food as well.
"There's more interest to our place than ever, yes,” said Livas. “As far as business? Sure. They come out and they feel terrible I guess, because they buy a pound of honey."
For Livas, this bear is the kind of publicity you can't buy.
"It's a very big endorsement. We're doing farmer markets and we'll put out a sign that says 'bear approved honey.”
According to the North American Bear Center, this is around the time of year that bears would gather up some more food right before they start hibernating.
Officials with DNR say they expect the bear to head back up north to Michigan soon.
http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/black-bears-back-alright/35754758