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Cleanup on Aisle 95!
« on: May 20, 2014, 11:02:52 pm »
Another story about a truck overturned with bees.  Story here.
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Re: Cleanup on Aisle 95!
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2014, 11:06:23 pm »
That there is one bad day.
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Re: Cleanup on Aisle 95!
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2014, 11:14:42 pm »
whew.... Bet the beekeepers got a couple of nuc's out of that......
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Re: Cleanup on Aisle 95!
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2014, 11:20:20 pm »
Now thats a swarm call. Jim
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Re: Cleanup on Aisle 95!
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2014, 11:21:42 pm »
whew.... Bet the beekeepers got a couple of nuc's out of that......

Wonder what he'd charge to send a couple my way?  ;D
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Re: Cleanup on Aisle 95!
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2014, 11:22:41 pm »
LOL   5 minutes to a dozen production hives.
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Re: Cleanup on Aisle 95!
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2014, 06:42:24 am »
Sooooo, the owner of the hives just going to write those off on his/her/their taxes?  It said the "trucking company" authorized them to keep them.  I can see giving the bees to them but wonder about the salvageable equipment?

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Re: Cleanup on Aisle 95!
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2014, 06:47:31 am »
Bummer. I hope I never see that in person.
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Re: Cleanup on Aisle 95!
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2014, 08:00:29 am »
So, I'm guessing they were headed to pollinate blueberries maybe? Interesting that there were honey supers on those hives. What a mess!

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Re: Cleanup on Aisle 95!
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2014, 12:49:24 pm »
i loved the traffic sign  KEEP WINDOWS CLOSED........... :D

i have helped clean up a truck spill, what a mess and what a lot of work......
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Re: Cleanup on Aisle 95!
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2014, 03:46:09 pm »
That was total carnage the bees were sprayed with water and foam that would have clogged the trachea and cause the bees to suffocate. The beekeepers where not reassembling and putting the hives on other truck but but dumping them into refuge disposal bins. The beekeeper most likely had no saw in the cleanup and it was the highway department that chose the quickest method in order to get the highway open. Who pays we all do in higher insurance costs be cause every thing was written off and junked, non was salvaged. 
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Re: Cleanup on Aisle 95!
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2014, 07:47:51 pm »
Sooooo, the owner of the hives just going to write those off on his/her/their taxes?  It said the "trucking company" authorized them to keep them.  I can see giving the bees to them but wonder about the salvageable equipment?
I have heard of that before.  I have been known to watch tv shows about trucking in Canada. (Telling on myself here.)  If there is a wreck, and the load is a total loss, the tow operators can salvage what they can from the load.  In the case I saw on tv, the truck was totaled, but the load of frozen chickens in the back was unharmed.  The beekeepers called in are probably going to get to keep anything they can salvage, bees and equipment.  The load is a hazard to the public and is impeding the flow of traffic.  The salvaging beekeepers are also putting themselves in harms way.  A passing vehicle could lose control and hit them.  This enticement makes it worth the beekeepers time to quickly remove the hazard.  Meanwhile, insurance covers the losses incurred by the original beekeeper and trucking company.