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| Lorry carrying 12m bees overturns | Lorry carrying 12m bees overturns |
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| Motorists on Canada's biggest highway ended up with a bee in their bonnet after a truck transporting 12m of the insects overturned. | Motorists on Canada's biggest highway ended up with a bee in their bonnet after a truck transporting 12m of the insects overturned. |
| The lorry was carrying 330 crates of honey bees when it tipped over on a ramp in St Leonard, New Brunswick. | The lorry was carrying 330 crates of honey bees when it tipped over on a ramp in St Leonard, New Brunswick. |
| Bee experts were called in to help deal with the accident on the Trans-Canada Highway. | Bee experts were called in to help deal with the accident on the Trans-Canada Highway. |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police said a downpour of rain helped to contain the bees in and around the vehicle. | Royal Canadian Mounted Police said a downpour of rain helped to contain the bees in and around the vehicle. |
| "Bees don't like the rain... thousands of bees are hanging on the back of this truck and on the pavement right behind," said police spokesman Derek Strong. | "Bees don't like the rain... thousands of bees are hanging on the back of this truck and on the pavement right behind," said police spokesman Derek Strong. |
| 'Disoriented and agitated' | 'Disoriented and agitated' |
| The BBC's Lee Carter in Toronto says the bees had been used to pollinate a crop of blueberries, and were being transported home when the accident happened. | The BBC's Lee Carter in Toronto says the bees had been used to pollinate a crop of blueberries, and were being transported home when the accident happened. |
| Afterwards, the highway was closed and beekeepers in white protective suits attempted to lure the insects back to their hives. | Afterwards, the highway was closed and beekeepers in white protective suits attempted to lure the insects back to their hives. |
| A Canadian journalist who tried to get too close to the overturned truck was stung several times, but no-one has been seriously injured, says our correspondent. | |
| Experts said it was unlikely that the bees would survive very long without the care of experienced beekeepers. | Experts said it was unlikely that the bees would survive very long without the care of experienced beekeepers. |
| Richard Duplain, vice president of the New Brunswick Beekeepers Association, told AP news agency the bees would quite likely be angered by their ordeal. | Richard Duplain, vice president of the New Brunswick Beekeepers Association, told AP news agency the bees would quite likely be angered by their ordeal. |
| "You certainly don't want to go walking through a field of disoriented, agitated and wet honey bees," he said. | "You certainly don't want to go walking through a field of disoriented, agitated and wet honey bees," he said. |