Posted on 09/03/2024 12:50:34 PM PDT by Red Badger
Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A red pepper spill on a California highway turned into a "bee-mergency" situation after a signpost struck by the truck carrying the produce was found to contain a massive hive.
The California Highway Patrol's Santa Maria responded alongside the Santa Maria Fire Department when a semi truck pulling a flatbed trailer overturned on Highway 101 Wednesday morning and spilled its load of red peppers across lanes of traffic.
Crews working to remove the wreckage and clean up the crushed red peppers discovered a sign pole that had been struck and damaged by the truck contained thousands of bees whose hive was now exposed to the elements.
Robert Dias from Swarm Catchers was summoned to the scene and used a special vacuum to safely gather the bees for relocation.
"Talk about a sweet rescue," the CHP wrote on social media. "Thanks for making sure things didn't get too sticky out there, Robert!"
No injuries were reported from the crash or the ensuing bee rescue.
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Should a been Anaheim.
This is pretty much the start of every killer bee movie ever from the 70-80s..
Wow! Just in time for Rosh Hashanah! (Jewish custom to dip an apple in honey to wish for a “sweet new year.”) Now I’m getting ideas.
I’ve collected bee swarms and hives many times. (I’m too old for that now.)
This is confusing. The truck had an accident that scattered red peppers on the road but also struck a sign pole that had a bee hive in it? What kind of sign pole is that? I’ve only ever seen a metal pole leading to a sign on a highway.
Totally confusing to me?
Was the sign pole deliberately encasing a hive? Or was that accidently exposed?
Is this sign pole with a hive in it thing common in California?
I agree. It’s poorly written. Somebody was in such a hurry to focus on the bees, they didn’t fully describe the setting before bee release.
I always was amazed how a beekeeper could easily control thousands of angry bees with a little smoke and finding the queen. Maybe once a year a new swarm would peel off on a mesquite bush and we would call a bee keeper to get them in exchange for some honey. I never bothered getting close enough to identify the queen. Didn’t want to either.
"In Southeast Asia we'd call this type of thing... bad karma."
Thank-you for your bee service.
Honey vs maple syrup on waffles?
Crappy AI journalism. It was a hollow wood sign POST, not a metal pole.
Be’s will bee be’s or what might have been.
Where does The Bee stand on this story?
I bet the bees were confused too. "Bzzzz...what just happened?!"
Hollow rotten wood pole.......
When you look at all those bees, and spot the queen: she is a thing of beauty. I still marvel at that.
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