Bees close motorway

**TheGuru** · 17-03-2008, 10:35 AM

Up to 12 million swarming bees forced a motorway to close in California after a lorry carrying crates of the insects overturned.

The California Highway Patrol says eight to 12 million bees escaped from the crates in which they were stored and swarmed over an area of Highway 99.

They stung officers, firefighters and tow truck drivers trying to clear the accident, reports Sky News.

The incident, near Sacramento, closed the road for a period.
Highway patrol officer Michael Bradley said a tractor trailer flipped over while entering the motorway on its way to Yakima, Washington.

The truck was carrying bee crates each filled with up to 30,000 bees. They had been used in the San Joaquin Valley to pollinate crops.
Officer Bradley said several beekeepers driving past the accident stopped to assist.

**InLove** · 17-03-2008, 12:33 PM

How exactly to passing bee keepers assist

**TheGuru** · 17-03-2008, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by InLove

How exactly to passing bee keepers assist

I didnt know that there was so many bee keepers that some could be passing.

I have visions of them running up and down the motorway with big nets

**InLove** · 17-03-2008, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGuru

I have visions of them running up and down the motorway with big nets

Me too

**Mike** · 17-03-2008, 06:53 PM

Scarey

**Nutty_ZA** · 18-03-2008, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike

Scarey

What the Bees? or the Beekeepers with Big Nets???

I'm allergic to bees.. last time I got stung (on the finger) my entire arm swelled up...

**InLove** · 18-03-2008, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Nutty_ZA

I'm allergic to bees.. last time I got stung (on the finger) my entire arm swelled up...

That is scary

I guess this scenario would be really dangerous for you. My sister is scared of bees, you just have to make the buzzing noise and she freaks out

I used to do it all the time as a kid. I was a cruel child.

**Nutty_ZA** · 18-03-2008, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by InLove

That is scary

I guess this scenario would be really dangerous for you. My sister is scared of bees, you just have to make the buzzing noise and she freaks out

I used to do it all the time as a kid. I was a cruel child.

Well, I have to take antihistamine if I get stung, or I could die (not immediatley but If I didn't take any within an hour, I probably would be in trouble)...
Apparently, you either become immune to bee stings the more often you get stung or you become allergic (and your reaction gets worse every time)...

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