Truck carrying bees hits wall in Las Vegas

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LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- A truck carrying 12 million honeybees hit a wall on a highway ramp, dumping its load across the pavement shortly before the evening rush hour. The truck was carrying 480 bee colonies, each with 25,000 insects, to California to pollinate the state's almond crop when it struck the wall Wednesday afternoon.

The collision spilled the bees and gallons of honey onto the highway and forced troopers to close the ramp for more than four hours.

State police believe the driver lost control on the curving ramp. Authorities summoned beekeepers to help but decided capturing the bees alive would take too much time and money. Firefighters doused the insects with water to kill them.

"We're talking millions of bees," said Don Grogan, owner of Sedona Honey Co. in Las Vegas, who was helping with the cleanup. "And tomorrow they'll all be dead. ... It breaks my heart."


That's crazy! Can you imagine what Vegas must be like, extra bees everywhere. :o

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Wow that would be freaky!

But at the same time I feel sorry for the company (honey company I guess?) since that is a big loss, you can't make 480 bee colonies overnight with a few survivors. :D

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That sure sounds like it was one sticky situation. :D

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480 colonies!!! I used to keep 2 colonies, and I didn't even open those any more than I had to.

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crazy huh? and shenbaw, that's what I was thinking just now as I opened this thread. :D

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that's pretty funny, I'd be throwing people into the cloud lol

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"I like my women like I like my coffee: covered in bees!"

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"I like my women like I like my coffee: who wants a big ass coffee?" :lol:

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Wow thats a whole lot of bees
What is the report of people who got hurt by stings anybody knows? :unsure: [Link removed by Tak]

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