12 Million Angry Bees

So, did they count the bees to make sure none were missing?


A lorry containing 330 crates of bees, about 12 million of them altogether, overturned on a major highway near the town of St Leonard, New Brunswick, in Eastern Canada on Monday, setting free thousands of irritated stinging insects. Police sealed off the vehicle and called for expert help with the millions that were left inside. Full story

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Bees Head for Freedom

"Excuse me officer, I've lost some bees".

"How many did you lose?"

"About 8-12 million."

clipped from news.yahoo.com SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Millions of swarming honey bees are on the loose after a truck carrying crates of the insects flipped over on a California highway. 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. CHP Officer Michael Bradley says a tractor trailer flipped over while entering the highway on its way to Yakima, Wash. The flatbed was carrying bee crates each filled with up to 30,000 bees.

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Fat Bees Are Clever

That assumes that if there is more nectar the bees are fatter. But if they are more intelligent then they won't overeat. Which means they'll have too much nectar. Which they could sell to the dumb bees. Who don't have any money. But maybe they'll give the dumb bees a loan. Which would be pretty stupid. Oh wait - did I get mixed up with the sub-prime thing?

British researchers have found that more intelligent bees gather greater amounts of nectar.

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