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[Makai]

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...oad-of-bees-at-the-i-5-and-i-405-interchange/

A semitruck rolled early Friday, spilling a load of honeybees on the Interstate 5 median at the Interstate 405 interchange near Lynnwood. The driver of the truck was not injured in the crash, but two lanes of traffic were closed while authorities cleaned the wreck up.

As temperatures warmed and the bees became more agitated, firefighters sprayed a mixture of foam and water on the hives to kills some of the bees as television reporters swatted at swarms of the insects surrounding their cameras. Clumps of bee carcasses littered the interstate.

The truck held 458 hives holding at total of as many as 14 million bees, Leary said. The honeybees, headed from Sunnyside, Yakima County, for pollination at a blueberry farm in Lynden, Whatcom County, were worth $92,000, he said.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Beads?

 

[RumblingRosco]

Only $92,000? Bees aren't nearly as valuable as I expected.

Oprah.gif

 

[Jarrod38]

 

[Broken Joystick]

Beads?

 

[ratcliffja]

Beads?

They always called him old honey bear.

 

[foxuzamaki]

That's a million more bee queens in the wild, world domination is imminent.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Not even I am able to do a horrible bee pun. I'll make myself cringe, and I love puns.

 

[crazygambit]

Beads?

I was hoping this would be the first post.

 

[Sectorseven]

Truck driver took a selfie.

 

[studyguy]

We can't stop here this is bee country.

 

[Escape Goat]

Beads?

I wish people making this reference would buzz off.

 

[mackattk]

Came in for this.

On the bright side, I found out I could buy one thousand bees for like $6.57

 

[SniperHunter]

Truck driver took a selfie.

lol

 

[yencid]

DONT KILL THE DAMN BEES

 

[Ivan Amiibo]

I wish people making this reference would buzz off.

Escape Goat's not on board

 

[bms2993]

Makes me happy whenever someone posts this gif.

 

[raphier]

I swear I've read this news before.

 

[Grexeno]

 

[SliceSabre]

Thank you for not disappointing me. I came to this thread for this gif.

 

[Various Artists]

I know I shouldnt laugh but I did. I really hope no one gets hurt though.

 

[Makai]

Not even I am able to do a horrible bee pun. I'll make myself cringe, and I love puns.

Just bee yourself.

 

[FloatOn]

my favorite bee gif

 

[Übermatik]

All the bee gifs have been posted, thread's over.

 

[subrock]

I'm guessing the fruit production in that area this year is going to be phenomenal

 

[Walter White Walker]

I drive over the bridge that goes above that area weekday mornings and looking down onto I-5 and 405 it was a freakin' mess this morning. There were containers all over the place and a backup going northbound as far as the eye could see.
Given the really bad decline in bee population over the last several years it's can't be good that many bees died and hives were destroyed.

 

[Eyeron]

I drove right by it this morning. The swarm had moved on by then. RIP Lynnwood.

 

[Clydefrog]

I can see the bees moving together as one giant superbee inside the truck. "roll LEFT! roll RIGHT!" and then the truck rolls over. FREEEEEEDOM!!

*buzzzzzzzz* as the superbee flies away

 

[Ultimadrago]

Beads?

Thank you

 

[richiek]

Beads?

Gob's not on board.

 

[Dalek]

my favorite bee gif

I'm dying!

 

[Raxus]

Spoiler

This will lead to a colony collapse.

 

[Catdaddy]

television reporters swatted at swarms of the insects surrounding their cameras.

Best part of the OP, would watch the news for this.

 

[Escape Goat]

 

[DrM]

Poor bees

 

[Aaron Strife]

This truck accident has only been made worse with the addition of yet more bees!

 

[SnakeXs]

I wish people making this reference would buzz off.

No need to get upset, honey.

 

[Gully State]

 

[Phat Michael]

my favorite bee gif

Is he actually doing anything there?

 

[Icyflamez96]

Why are bees a meme? lol

 

[Dennis]

This caused a huge scandal in Russia.

 

[Escape Goat]

Why are bees a meme? lol

Its a product of the internet's hive mind.

 

[Borgnine]

Is he actually doing anything there?

 

[ratcliffja]

Why are bees a meme? lol

Because there are so many weird places in pop culture where they're referenced. Tommy Boy, Wicker Man, Arrested Development... and the Oprah gif is hilarious too.

 

[Roo]

lmao

 

[Jarrod38]

 

[bryehn]

Is he actually doing anything there?

And why does a 25 year old DJ have man lumps on his chest?

 

[Escape Goat]

And why does a 25 year old DJ have man lumps on his chest?

I think its Sara Gilbert.

 

[Cow Mengde]

This is horrible. The beehive collapse is bad enough, now another 14 million will die because of this.

 

[EulaCapra]

Bee memes aside, this actually saddens me since honeybees have already had it bad enough with their population.