Millions of Bees Loose on CA Highway 99

[Taximom]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080317/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bee_crash;_ylt=AgEhIFUJictV.ngHXkqtIcwZ.3QA
The California Highway Patrol says 8-to-12 million bees escaped Sunday from the crates in which they were stored and swarmed over an area of Highway 99 and stung officers, firefighters and tow truck drivers trying to clear the accident. (more buzz at link)

 

[MagicRose99]

This happened a few miles from me... what the article doesn't tell you is how they caught most of the bees... they set up the bee boxes on the side of the road... and they flew right over to them and settled inside! They say that bees smell other bees and gravitate together.

 

[Texana]

Bees obviously are smarter than a lot bigger animals.

 

[hipmamajen]

(more buzz at link)

Har! :clap:

 

[Nova]

This happened a few miles from me... what the article doesn't tell you is how they caught most of the bees... they set up the bee boxes on the side of the road... and they flew right over to them and settled inside! They say that bees smell other bees and gravitate together.

Wow! Do they automatically blend into other hives? I think ants do the opposite and immediately attack any ant that isn't from their own hill.

 

[MagicRose99]

Wow! Do they automatically blend into other hives? I think ants do the opposite and immediately attack any ant that isn't from their own hill.

I didn't get the technical details (too busy eating corned beef and cabbage! LOL!) but that's the impression I got.

 

[panglossian]

They gravitate towards the queens, not other bees. The beekeeper probably brought more queens or possibly the queens were still in the boxes. It's very simple.

 

[Pepper]

Well that explains why I had two bees in my car just hours apart.

 

[ljwf22]

Well that explains why I had two bees in my car just hours apart.

Because you are a queen? We all are queens, in the best sense.