In the USA through an accident to escape 250 million bees: photos

Due to the accident, 250 million bees were escaped

Photo: Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office

In the US state, Washington overturned a truck that transported the beehives, causing about 250 million honey bees to escape.

While experts are trying to find and save insects, the locals have warned their swarms, report Associated Press and BBC.

On May 30, a truck that transported more than 31 thousand kilograms of beehives with bees was over on the road. The probable cause of the accident is that the driver did not cope with steering on a steep rotation, which is why the trailer rolled into the ditch.

Later, about 250 million bees fled from their hives. Representatives of local authorities, emergency services and beekeepers arrived in place to save insects. The police of the police there is said that within the next few days they plan to help « fugitives » return to the hives and find their uterus.

« The goal is to save as much bees as possible »– it was reported in the report of law enforcement.

The video published in the police shows a huge number of insects swarming around the thrown truck.

Local were recommended to avoid the area where the accident occurred, due to the likelihood of stuck in insects potentially dangerous for humans.

Honey bees are crucial for food supply, as more than 100 crops, such as nuts, vegetables, berries and citrus fruits, are pollinated.

In recent years, the number of bees and other pollinators has been declining. Experts believe that the cause of this is parasites, diseases, climate change, lack of nutrition and insecticides – chemicals for protecting plants from insects.

Beekeepers often carry millions of insects from one place to another so as not to exhaust resources for other pollinators, writes The Seatle Times.

Previously millions of tiny midges Pour the coastal of Italy. Local ones called on the authorities to declare a state of emergency.