Bears are caught by Honey.

In French, “Il faut avoir mauvaise bête par douceur,” for, as La Fontaine says, “Plus fait douceur que violence.” Bears are very fond of honey. Bribes win even bears.

⁂ There is another phrase: Divide honey with a bear, i.e. It is better to divide your honey with a bear than to provoke its anger.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Bean Feast
Bean Goose (The)
Bean-king (The)
Bear (A)
Bear (The)
Bear (To)
Bear of Bradwardine (The)
Bear Account (A)
Bear Garden
Bear-leader
Bears are caught by Honey
Beard
Beard (To)
Bearded
Bearded Women:
Bearings
Bearnais (Le)
Beasts (Heraldic):
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Beat (To)