by Dark Blue » Jul 13th, '11, 14:33
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/truck-spills-14-million-bees-idaho-highway-142147287.htmlClean-up crews spent hours trying to deal with over 14 million bees and their honey after a delivery truck overturned on a highway in Idaho.
Freemont County sheriff deputies said several workers were stung during the first few hours of the clean-up.
Some observers saw a strange black cloud and heard a roaring noise above the spill area before realizing it was a massive swarm of bees and called for emergency services, the Daily Mail reports.
Authorities said a truck was hauling the bees from California to North Dakota when the driver veered off the shoulder, tipping over 400 hive boxes and honey.
Fire crews sprayed the bees with water at first to try and cool them down. A bee expert then suggested using fire foam to try and kill them so the workers could get near the truck to clean up the mess and recover the vehicle and surviving hives.
The rescue workers were also worried about bears coming for the honey, the paper said.
The bees were estimated to be worth over 250,000 pounds
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