Island Park, Idaho – What can happen when beehives get loose? People being stung, honey on the ground, and a possible threat of approaching bears.
Honey flowed from highway 20 in Idaho late Sunday afternoon when a truck carrying 400 beehives wrecked, as reported by NPR.
Once assistants arrived on the scene rescue personnel and the truck driver were forced to stay in their vehicles until they could dawn protective gear do to the swarm of bees.
There were 14 million bees aboard the semi truck, which was being driven from California to Minot, North Dakota when the accident occurred.
Fire Chief Kenny Strandberg and his crew were apart of the clean up on the highway. It is reported that many of the bees were killed after being sprayed by firefighting foam.
According to the local TV station KIFI Local News 8,
“It is not unusual for semi-trucks with bees to travel U.S. Highway 20. Strandberg said about three or four trucks come through every week.”
KIFI also reported that the bees have a street value of three cents apiece. This means that an estimated $400,000 worth of insects were lost in the crash.
The real concern now is the bears that will be attracted to the area due to the high bee population now.
“I am worried about the bears coming down now – the grizzly bears,” Strandberg said.
To Read more and watch the Local News 8 video on the story follow the links below.
News Video: http://www.localnews8.com/video/28516596/index.html
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