Truck Carrying Millions of Dollars in Millions of Bees Crashes

"There were bees everywhere," Auburn Police Sgt. Tucker Huey tells the Sacramento, ahem, Bee. KTXL reports a semi-truck carrying millions of bees worth between $1 million and $2 million crashed Thursday night in California. The driver told police he had to swerve onto a freeway off ramp when traffic suddenly stopped, causing him to crash. Hundreds of hives—the bees were coming from Montana to pollinate almond trees—were damaged in the crash. Beekeepers told police there was no way to save the colonies, so the bees were euthanized by spraying the hives with soapy water. (More bees stories.)