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Semi Accident Spills Millions of Bees on Highway
kpvi.com ^
| 11 July 2011
| Steward Summers
Posted on 07/11/2011 2:31:39 PM PDT by smokingfrog
It was an un-BEE-lievable site on Highway 20 when a semi-truck carrying more than 14-million bees ran off the road and spilled its entire load Sunday.
The honeybees were on their way to North Dakota from Bakersfield, California, when the semi-truck left the side of the road just north of Last Chance in Island Park.
The Fremont County Sheriff's Office says they began to receive numerous 911 calls about the accident around 4:30 Sunday afternoon. Authorities also say everyone on the scene suffered multiple bee stings while assisting with the accident.
The fire department had to spray fire foam on both the semi-truck and bees before responders could access the scene. Numerous agencies in the area responded to help clean up the accident, which included a large amount of honey being spilt on the highway.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: bees
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To: smokingfrog
Sounds like the driver should be charged with BUI.
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posted on
07/11/2011 2:32:49 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: smokingfrog
That must’ve been a honey of a mess.
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posted on
07/11/2011 2:32:54 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: smokingfrog
Semi accident? I’d say it was a full-on accident.
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posted on
07/11/2011 2:34:15 PM PDT
by
Mr.Unique
(The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
To: Salamander; Vendome; shibumi
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posted on
07/11/2011 2:36:12 PM PDT
by
nickcarraway
(All the Squares go home)
To: smokingfrog
To: smokingfrog
That’s pretty rough for whomever owned those hives and maybe for the farmer needing his crops pollinated.
To: Mr.Unique
Have an accident?
No thanks,already have one.
At least no one was allergic apparently.
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posted on
07/11/2011 2:37:28 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: Mr.Unique
“Semi accident? Id say it was a full-on accident.”
I think its like a near miss! Really a near hit. No semi-accident here.
Driver was probably making a beeline for the truck stop to take a pee!
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posted on
07/11/2011 2:38:08 PM PDT
by
mark3681
To: Joe 6-pack
A manure spreader jack knifed on the 405 freeway shit everywhere
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posted on
07/11/2011 2:38:08 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom!!! I know i was kidding)
To: OldNewYork
I wonder how many of the bees can be recaptured?
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posted on
07/11/2011 2:39:15 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: smokingfrog
Last Chance is my usual fuel/restroom stop on the trip from Pocatello, ID to Yellowstone National Park. Good time to have the windows up. Not a good time to be outside putting fuel in the car or carrying food from the store to the car.
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07/11/2011 2:41:05 PM PDT
by
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posted on
07/11/2011 2:42:27 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
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To: Texas Eagle
They had a bear of a time cleaning it up.
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posted on
07/11/2011 2:42:44 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
To: GeronL
"I wonder how many of the bees can be recaptured?" It depends on how thoroughly they comb the area ;-)
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posted on
07/11/2011 2:47:45 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: smokingfrog
Hey, who stole my honey and necked her?
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posted on
07/11/2011 2:49:12 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: GeronL
“I wonder how many of the bees can be recaptured?”
It sounded to me like a total loss; they sprayed fire-retardant foam on them which I can’t see them surviving. The beekeeper can create new hives from whatever he has left, but it takes time and other resources.
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
07/11/2011 2:55:15 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: Joe 6-pack
In South Korea its (sweetened puffed wheat cereal) a finger snack called "Jolly Pong"
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posted on
07/11/2011 2:57:14 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: mark3681
“Semi accident?” Is that like “Semi pregnant”?
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posted on
07/11/2011 3:08:10 PM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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