Truck Hauling Millions Of Bees Overturns On Missouri Highway

Truck Hauling Millions Of Bees Overturns On Missouri Highway
Published on September 2nd, 2016 by Steve Wilcox

On Friday around 11 a.m., a semi truck hauling swarms of live bees overturned in Kansas City, Missouri. The semi truck was traveling southbound on Interstate 435 when it veered off the road at Interstate 35.

The tractor trailer was crushed when it flipped onto its side.

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It was originally reported by MoDot that the truck was hauling 40,000 bees. But when a bee expert was called to the scene, he estimated the numbers to be in the millions. Matt Winstead of Midwest Bee Removal explained that the truck was carrying over 200 hives, each of which contained around 40,000 bees.

Emergency crews and Kansas City Police arrived at the scene to help control the swarm. KansasCity.com reported that some of the bees escaped from the semi truck.

MoDot Tweeted the following advisory.

Traffic wasn’t affected by the crash, but DOT warned drivers to be cautious of bee swarms.

No one was injured, and the incident remains under investigation.


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