Ant pupae become abundant and bears add them to their diet. Mating season begins and males roam widely to find females without cubs. Mothers stop losing weight. Others bears gain weight slowly. All bears gain weight rapidly if these berry crops are good.
All bears continue to gain weight.
Berries and hazelnuts become scarce. Where acorns are abundant, bears feed and fatten on them. Other bears begin losing weight. Cubs stop nursing. Most bears enter their dens and begin a light hibernation.