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Title: Truck spills 14 million bees
Post by: Shanevrr on July 12, 2011, 10:11:33 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43726949/ns/us_news-weird_news/?GT1=43001 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43726949/ns/us_news-weird_news/?GT1=43001)

Title: Re: Truck spills 14 million bees
Post by: AllenF on July 12, 2011, 10:16:53 PM

Spills happen. That would have made for one giant swarm. Too bad they were foamed. I guess all the equipment was a total loss.

Title: Re: Truck spills 14 million bees
Post by: Riggs on July 12, 2011, 10:30:23 PM

What a shame. :-\

Title: Re: Truck spills 14 million bees
Post by: AllenF on July 12, 2011, 10:35:36 PM

Insurance paid well for them I bet.

Title: Re: Truck spills 14 million bees
Post by: BlueBee on July 12, 2011, 11:17:47 PM

Doesn't this seem to happen about every 6 months?

Yeah, the beek probably did much better than $150 per hive!

Title: Re: Truck spills 14 million bees
Post by: indypartridge on July 13, 2011, 07:55:23 AM

I was in my boss's office Monday when his phone rang. It was his wife, calling to say she had left Yellowstone and was stuck in a massive traffic jam after a truck full of bees overturned.

Title: Re: Truck spills 14 million bees
Post by: mikecva on July 13, 2011, 12:24:35 PM

:idunno:

Title: Re: Truck spills 14 million bees
Post by: yockey5 on July 13, 2011, 08:12:17 PM

I always hate to hear of this, but seems it happens bout every year.

Title: Re: Truck spills 14 million bees
Post by: Brian D. Bray on July 15, 2011, 05:10:02 PM

It's one of the deadliest problems in beekeeping that's been around for a long time, it's called the Semi-disease. Wipes out an entire apiary in moments.

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