You've been liberated !
Posted on 07/01/2008 4:19:21 AM PDT by Schnucki
Twelve million honey bees were released along Canada's largest highway in northwest New Brunswick, yesterday after a crashed and flipped over.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the lorry had 330 crates of bees on board when the driver tried to negotiate a ramp. The load apparently shifted inside the trailer, sending the entire vehicle off balance and causing it to overturn.
At least 12 million bees escaped as the lorry's container burst open and the crates were tossed around, but police said a downpour
Police said a downpour of rain has helped to contain the bees in and around the truck.
"Mother Nature has been very cooperative with us. Bees don't like the rain ... thousands of bees are hanging on the back of this truck and on the pavement right behind," said Derek Strong, an RCMP spokesman.
Bee experts from Canada's government agriculture body were called in to help deal with the accident.
Smoke was pumped into the back of the truck to calm the remaining bees, while paramedics and ambulances were put on standby in case people endured multiple bee stings or had an allergic reaction to a sting. The driver of the truck was not hurt.
Richard Duplain, vice-president of the New Brunswick Beekeepers Association, said it was difficult to predict whether the bees would be docile or agitated given their ordeal.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Can’t Bee to careful out there.
Oh the humanity
Only instead of going “bzzzzz,” they all go “ehhhhhhhh?”
Guess the driver will just have to take his lumps..
Any photos of looter bee?
I wonder if National Geographic will do a documentary on the “Canadian Bee Murders”.
Gives me the creeps thinking about it. I’m not fond at all of bugs that tend to sting (or bite).
Obviously, a grant is in order...It's imperative that we know...
Perhaps they will will refuse to pollinate unless they're compensated...
And the Queens...what about the queens??? Are they being discriminated against??
These are terrible times to be a bee.
There will be a lot of buzz surrounding this story.
It was a carefully hatched plan to liberate these millions of hostage bees by utilizing a “suicide stinger”. Look at the front grill of the truck........
You've been liberated !
Born free!
Apparently the editor at the Telegraph is on vacation.
This was actually a well designed Plan By The Canadian Department of Agriculture
12 million bees released, "thousands" are hanging around the truck, and this is a sign of good fortune? "Mother Nature has been very cooperative with us."
Oh well.
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