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A truck containing 330 crates of Ontario bees, about 12 million of them altogether, overturned on a major highway near the town of St. Leonard on Monday.
By yesterday, the RCMP say that 98 per cent of the angry bees had been recovered. They were on their way home when the truck carrying them flipped its load, spilling them on to the highway.
RCMP Sgt. Derek Strong said that there are still 100,000 bees at large and the prospect of recovering them is unlikely. He said people with bee allergies should stay well away from the area.
Two professional beekeepers will remain in the town for the next few days.
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freedom!
18:34pm 06/30/08
mood: angry
finally, finally we are free from the confines of that darkest of hives, that hums with a noise that no bee could ever produce. 83045713492’s idea to sting, sting, sting the soft flesh of the human until the hive fell off of the hard river: genius! if she hadn’t led the charge and perished at that moment her sting sank into the human’s eye, she surely would receive lifelong favor from her majesty.
curses!
05:48am 07/01/08
mood: even more furious
we are once again fettered. only a fraction of our number remain in the open air, and those will surely perish without the love and protection of their queen. damn the smoke that makes us so sleepy! damn the men whose white coverings render them immune to our barbs! damn it all!
life is sweet
15:07pm 07/01/08
mood: busy
found some great flowers at wing-up-step-left-wiggle-turn. going back in a few seconds. made so much honey already. must make more.