Most of 15 million bees contained after bee-laden truck crashes

CLINTON, Maine -- A tractor-trailer hauling astir 15 cardinal chromatic bees to beryllium utilized to pollinate blueberry fields crashed and overturned connected Interstate 95, officials said.

The operator was taken to the infirmary Thursday nighttime portion archetypal responders worked to guarantee the information of the bees that were successful hives strapped connected the trailer, which landed connected its broadside alongside the highway, officials said.

The bees were mostly contained and the “goal was to prevention them," said Shannon Moss, authorities constabulary spokesperson.

The truckload of bees was headed to Washington County, which is the halfway of the state's chaotic blueberry industry. Bees are routinely trucked into the portion to pollinate the blueberry barrens each spring.