Volunteer beekeepers swarm to rescue spilled hives after crash

A semi-truck carrying 250 million bees and their hives overturned on a Washington state roadway on Friday, unleashing an ominous cloud of unhappily buzzing insects.

A semi-truck carrying 250 million bees and their hives overturned on a Washington state roadway on Friday, unleashing an ominous cloud of unhappily buzzing insects.

But more than two dozen volunteer beekeepers from the region of Whatcom County, snuggled along the U.S.-Canada border, may have saved the day, the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office said.

They helped restore hives that had become dislodged in the crash, it said.

"Hive boxes from the overturned truck were recovered, restored and returned to use," the sheriff's office said in an update Friday afternoon. "By morning, most bees should have returned to their hives and those responsible for their delivery will be in charge."

The workday started with more uncertainty than optimism, as the crash shut down a roadway and inspired the sheriff's office to warn residents it could take a few days to corral the escapees.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/volunteer-beekeepers-swarm-rescue-spilled-hives-crash-rcna210079


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