{"id":50544,"date":"2017-11-04T05:36:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T05:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=50544"},"modified":"2017-11-04T05:36:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T05:36:59","slug":"1-million-bees-euthanized-after-california-truck-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/1-million-bees-euthanized-after-california-truck-crash.html","title":{"rendered":"1 million bees euthanized after California truck crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">1 million bees euthanized after California truck crash<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The death toll from a truck crash in Northern California on Thursday night was un-bee-lievable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">That\u2019s because the semi-truck that slammed into an embankment along Interstate 80 was carrying about 1 million bees \u2013 and they had to be destroyed to prevent them from swarming, Fox 40 reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The accident happened in Auburn, north of Sacramento.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The truck\u2019s driver told police he swerved off the freeway to avoid causing a chain reaction crash. He was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries, Fox 40 reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Beekeeper Nathan Smith said the bees were being transported from Montana to California\u2019s Central Valley to pollinate almond trees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Smith said that because the crash happened late at night and rain was in the forecast, the only humane way to contain the bees was to kill them by spraying soapy water on them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Sgt. Tucker Huey of the Auburn Police Department told the Sacramento Bee that police had contacted several beekeepers about how to best salvage the insects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">They determined that euthanasia was the best solution because of the late hour and a forecast of rain for the area. But some bees managed to escape, Huey said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThere were bees everywhere, but they weren\u2019t swarming because it was cool and night,\u201d Huey told the paper. \u201cHad this occurred on a warm day, it would have been a much bigger deal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The bees were worth between $1 million and $2 million, Smith told Fox 40.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Associated Press contributed to this story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2017\/11\/04\/1-million-bees-euthanized-after-california-truck-crash.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/1-million-bees-euthanized-after-california-truck-crash.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 million bees euthanized after California truck crash The death toll from a truck crash in Northern California on Thursday night was un-bee-lievable. 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