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Truck tipped over Trans-Canada Highway spilling, millions of bees

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Twistendo

Posted: Jul 1 2008, 08:56 AM

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http://news.sympatico.msn.ca/TransCanada+i...=abc&date=False

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ST. LEONARD, N.B. - Beekeepers in New Brunswick had the unenviable and sometimes painful task Monday of recovering 12 million angry honeybees from a truck that tipped over on the Trans-Canada Highway.

One beekeeper described the normally peaceable bees as "nasty" because of the ordeal that occurred on a return trip to Ontario after they were used to pollinate blueberry fields in the province.

RCMP Sgt. Derek Strong said the flatbed truck, carrying 330 crates of bees, was travelling on a highway ramp near St. Leonard, in the northwest corner of the province, south of Quebec, when the load shifted and the vehicle rolled on its side shortly after 6 a.m.

Many of the crates - each containing four hives - broke open on impact.

"With the impact they just went crazy," said beekeeper Edmond Bellefleur, who drove from his home in nearby Drummond to have a look.

"The ones that were able to get out, did get out. You could see some others sticking to the hives, but once they started to open the netting and unpacking the hives ... then they really started to fly, and they got nasty."

Strong said a number of people were stung, including a reporter 15 times. Emergency personnel, including paramedics and ambulances, were kept on standby.

No one had to be hospitalized.

"There can be quite a serious health concern," Strong said. "Many people are allergic to bees and even if they're not, multiple bee stings can be quite serious."

He said officials initially got lucky with the weather because it was raining at the time of the accident, but when the rain stopped, firefighters sprayed a mist on the truck to help control the bees.

"Bees don't like to fly in the rain," said Jordan O'Brien, a spokesman for the New Brunswick Agriculture Department.

Seven beekeepers were called in to round them up. The highway was closed to traffic in both directions as the crates of bees were delicately loaded onto a second flatbed truck.

The original plan was to try to flip the truck back onto its wheels, but officials decided the best way to recover the insects was to move them, one crate at a time, to the other truck.

The highway had reopened to traffic by late afternoon and Strong said the driver of the second truck was waiting until dark to resume the journey.

Police advised anyone with an allergy to bee stings to stay away from the community for the day.

The driver of the truck was not hurt.

Richard Duplain, vice-president of the New Brunswick Beekeepers Association, said honeybees generally won't sting unless they're being bothered.

"It's certainly not a situation where you want to tempt problems," said Duplain, adding honeybees die once they sting someone.

"Like a field with any agitated livestock, you're not going to go walking through the middle of it. You certainly don't want to go walking through a field of disoriented, agitated and wet honeybees."

Duplain said the bees would have likely died if they had dispersed into the countryside.

"Weather conditions, birds and so forth would take a toll on the unprotected bees," said Duplain, a beekeeper in Hanwell, N.B., for the past three years.

"They don't create their own paper nest like wasps or hornets or bumblebees. They're pretty much at risk to the elements if they're not under the care and attention of an experienced beekeeper."

Char	Posted: Jul 1 2008, 08:59 AM
fad was bad Group: Admins Posts: 2123 Member No.: 2856 Joined: 25-October 06 Status: (0d)	...all I can say is ouch. wasn't the truck locked up? -------------------- aa this broke Make your own \| If a level is breaking the rules, note the ID and PM me. Reference (thanks Frogjester!)

FlameMan	Posted: Jul 1 2008, 09:03 AM
Served severly severed. Group: Members Posts: 914 Member No.: 4995 Joined: 3-March 08 Status: (0d)	The Driver should have gotten a complementary bee sting. -------------------- Refe rence

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Posted: Jul 1 2008, 09:50 AM

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Posted: Jul 1 2008, 10:44 AM

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Posted: Jul 1 2008, 10:45 AM

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Seven beekeepers were called in to round them up.

I imagined these seven people to be catching millions of bees and laughed
1:I CAUGHT ONE!
2: Wonderful, now help us catch the remaining 1,034,300.

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Parakarry	Posted: Jul 1 2008, 11:31 AM
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Captain Cook	Posted: Jul 1 2008, 01:41 PM
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Twistendo	Posted: Jul 1 2008, 02:28 PM
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Fierce Deity Saberie	Posted: Jul 1 2008, 03:07 PM
:3 Group: Members Posts: 1641 Member No.: 5384 Joined: 5-June 08 Status: (0d)	"Vegeta, what does the news say about how many bees escaped?!" "It's over 12 MILLION!!!!" "WHAT?! 12 MILLION? THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT!" -------------------- i am cool because i put reaction images My reference Ref pictures I've drawn People who've drawn me

	Posted: Jul 1 2008, 05:58 PM
Group: Posts: Member No.: Joined: -- Status: (0d)	Beetruck, lulz. That's unfortunate. Bee's are noticeably decreasing in population as of late. We really didn't need this sort of thing to happen...

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Posted: Jul 1 2008, 06:00 PM

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