A honey spill at a busy Florida intersection drew thousands of bees to their deaths last Thursday (October 16).
A flatbed truck carrying thousands of pounds of honey hit a nasty bump on Del Prado Boulevard in North Fort Meyers, spilling 200 gallons of the sweet stuff all over the road. Soon enough, thousands of honeybees started swarming the pool, drawn by the smell.
Unfortunately, the bees got stuck in the massive honey spill — and when cars drove over them, they were crushed to death beneath their tires.
No one besides the bees was hurt in the accident. The local fire department teamed up with the Florida Department of Transportation to clean up the spill.
Honeybees are already suffering from colony collapse disorder, a significant drop in population numbers that’s probably because of the chemicals used in agricultural pesticides. This new honey tragedy can’t have helped them out at all. RIP little guys.
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