- Washington (state)
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- USA
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- Whatcom County Sheriff's Office
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- society
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- accidents
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250 million bees swarm out of overturned semi-truck in Washington

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Officials near the US border were abuzz after being relentlessly attacked on Friday morning by a swarm of fugitives: honeybees had escaped after a truck carrying hives overturned near the Canadian border.
Guardian
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The truck, carrying approximately 31,751kg (70,000 pounds) of active beehives, overturned on Friday in Washington state’s Whatcom County – a rural area near the Canadian border, about 48km (30 miles) south of Vancouver.
Aljazeera
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Several emergency responders were stung after the truck flipped in a sparsely populated area of Whatcom County.
The New York Times
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While the driver walked away safely, the bees did not stay put.
Hindustan Times

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