Semi-Truck Carrying 250 Million Bees Crashes in Whatcom County. Now the Bugs Are on the Loose

Millions of honeybees loose after truck overturns near B.C.-Wash. border

A truck hauling an estimate of nearly 32,000 kilograms of honeybee hives rolled over around 4 a.m. PT on Friday, close to the U.S.-Canada border near Lynden, Wash. and Abbotsford, B.C.

Bee-ware: truck carrying 250m honeybees overturns by US-Canada border

Washington state officials swarmed to scene to find 70,000lbs of hives and bees abuzz in a sticky situationOfficials near the US border were abuzz after being relentlessly attacked on Friday morning by a swarm of fugitives: honeybees had escaped after a truck carrying hives overturned near the Canadian border. About 250m honeybees flew free of the truck around 4am a few miles south of Canada.The truck that was transporting around 70,000lbs of hi…

Millions of honeybees abuzz after truck overturns in Washington state

About 250 million honeybees took to the skies when a commercial truck carrying them overturned in Washington state near the Canadian border

Millions of bees escape after lorry overturns in US

The Sheriff's office warned people to "avoid the area due to the potential of bee escape and swarming". Non-native honeybees have become vital to the US food industry, often transported around the country to pollinate crops on farms.

250 million bees escape after semi-truck overturns in Washington State: ‘Don’t go anywhere near them’

The semi-truck rolled over early Friday morning and the bees escaped hours later.

Truck crash sets 250 mln bees free

Several dozen beekeepers are working at the scene