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A semi-truck carrying a load a honey bees has overturned on a Washington interstate, scattering boxes containing millions of live bees across the highway.
Quick Facts:
- Semi crashed in Lynnwood area Friday
- Truckload contains millions of bees
- Numerous boxes, each containing about 5,000 bees, crushed
- Beekeepers using smoke to calm bees and get them reloaded
- Fire department used foam to kill bees as they became agitated
The Washington State Patrol said the semi was getting onto northbound I-5 from northbound Interstate 405 when it tipped over.
Video showed dozens of boxes of live bees scattered across the road. Beekeepers from the company who owns the bees, Belleville Honey in Burlingon, are at the scene, used smoke to calm the bees and get them back into boxes and loaded onto trucks.
Numerous boxes of bees were crushed in the crash. Each box contained about 5,000 bees.
Crews raced to get the bees contained by daybreak, when temperatures warm and the bees become more active and agitated. At first, the bees were largely staying in their boxes because they were producing honey and protecting the queen, but members of the KIRO 7 News crew were stung numerous times while covering the story.
Many boxes of bees remained on the road after sunrise, and the bees began to swarm and become more active. At 6 a.m., the fire department began putting a thick layer of foam on the boxes of bees, killing them. Beekeepers raced to get as many boxes loaded onto trucks as possible.
Once the foam was sprayed, the bees became agitated. The beekeepers' white protective suits were covered in bees as they continued their work.
The driver of the semi was not hurt.
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