Tuesday, May 20, 2014

20 Million Bee Swarm

Bees swarm after being released from a tractor-trailer that overturned carrying them near Newark, N.J., Tuesday, May 20, 2014, on the ramp from Route 896 to Interstate 95. (AP Photo/The Wilmington News-Journal, Suchat Pederson)


As if honeybees aren't facing enough already, a semi overturned with 460 hives in Delaware.  The ensuing swarm was estimated to be between 16 & 20 million bees.

http://www.weather.com/news/millions-bees-close-newark-delaware-highway-20140520

If you see a swarm please call the Northern Colorado Beekeeper's Association Swarm Hotline at 970-213-3099

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