Wow, what an amazing story!A truck carrying 12 million, that is 12,000,000, honeybees flipped over on the highway in Northwest New Brunswick today. It happened near the town of St.Leonard.
The blueberry farmers in the area need many bees to pollinate the wild blueberry crop so they truck them by the millions from one place to another. These ones came from Ontario and were on their way back after pollinating the fields near Tracadie.The driver of the truck was not injured in the accident.
Thousands of bees are still clinging to the truck, on the road and in the air around it.
Seven bee experts are on the scene, wearing full beekeeper suits and spraying smoke around to calm the bees.
I am not so sure how well that will work since you smoke a hive to stimulate the bees to gorge on honey in case they have to evacuate, which makes them a little lethargic. It is the same effect as you or I after Thanksgiving Dinner and two pieces of pie. Smoking them when they are just scattered around, well it might just pee-them-off.
Seven bee experts are on the scene, wearing full beekeeper suits and spraying smoke around to calm the bees.
I am not so sure how well that will work since you smoke a hive to stimulate the bees to gorge on honey in case they have to evacuate, which makes them a little lethargic. It is the same effect as you or I after Thanksgiving Dinner and two pieces of pie. Smoking them when they are just scattered around, well it might just pee-them-off.
We heard about the bee spill on the news here in Toronto too. I've only once caught a trout on a McGuinty. It was a 14 inch brookie in almost unfishably high water on a local stream. I tied on this big ugly wet bee pattern and caught the trout first cast. It was all I caught that day.
ReplyDeleteWell Mr. A., that is one more than I have ever caught with one.
ReplyDeleteFunny though, I always have one or two in my fly box. No idea where they come from.
Cheers,
Steve