TheDane Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 This would really, really, really suck. ------------- Truck hauling bees crashes in Montana Dumps honey, sending bees on rampage Wednesday, June 16, 2004 Posted: 11:08 AM EDT (1508 GMT) http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/06/16/highway.bees.ap/index.html BOZEMAN, Montana (AP) -- A tractor-trailer overturned on a curve on a highway, spilling its load of hundreds of bee hives and unleashing some nine million angry honey bees. The bees buzzed furiously as driver Lane Miller, his arm scraped to the bone, struggled to flee his rig after it overturned Monday in Bear Trap Canyon west of Bozeman. The truck slid across the highway before coming to a stop between guardrails. "I had to kick the windshield out of the front of the cab and the bees were on me from that moment," said Miller, 41. "I've never felt so much fear in my life." Miller walked away from the crash, and two people picked him up and took him to the hospital. Miller underwent surgery on his arm and suffered bruises and about 20 stings. The state road was closed for 14 hours as crews and beekeepers cleaned up the 512 hives Miller was hauling from Idaho to North Dakota. In spite of bee suits and extra clothing, beekeeper Gary Clark said he counted about 60 stings of his own. "Everybody had literally thousands of bees on them, in their hats and on their suits," Clark said. "When we pulled the boxes out, big globs of them would fall on us." Firefighters directing traffic also suffered stings. "The bees were so agitated you could barely see the beekeepers or the wreckage itself, just because of the cloud of bees that were swarming," said fire chief Shawn Christiansen. It wasn't until 3 a.m. Tuesday that a tow truck got in to haul out the tractor-trailer, leaving behind pools of honey from the overturned hives. State Transportation Department employees dropped sand on the road to soak up the sticky mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Holy sh!t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 holy ****! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDane Posted June 16, 2004 Author Share Posted June 16, 2004 Holy ****, I know, I can't believe that Gary Clark is a bee keeper now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenmdixon Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Thank goodness the driver (and the people working the accident) were not allergic to bee stings (or if they were, nothing major must have happened). Imagine being allergic and seeing millions of pissed off worker bees swarming towards you...: :ahhhhh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Originally posted by TheDane Holy ****, I know, I can't believe that Gary Clark is a bee keeper now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 what happened to the bees?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cskin Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 A big giant can of RAID bee killer was helicoptered in and the bees were shown who was boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooper Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 I see a bad tv movie in the making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halter91 Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 wow....that's crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webnarc Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Thank goodness the driver (and the people working the accident) were not allergic to bee stings Imagine the waiver you'd need to sign if you WERE allergic? "I don't care what the ACLU says John, it's a really bad idea for you to take the job driving the bee truck." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soliloquy Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Originally posted by webnarc Imagine the waiver you'd need to sign if you WERE allergic? "I don't care what the ACLU says John, it's a really bad idea for you to take the job driving the bee truck." :laugh: I hope they didn't have to kill the bees. There's a growing shortage of pollinating bees bexause of some kind of parasite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashmowf Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Originally posted by Hooper I see a bad tv movie in the making. Its probably already down......I couldnt believe the Laci Peterson movie is.....the d@mn trial isnt even done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom [Giants fan] Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 This is unBEElieveable!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Originally posted by Tom [Giants fan] This is unBEElieveable!! :doh: :doh: :doh: :shot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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