A mountain guide uses a radio at Camp 2 on the way to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Pasang Rinzee Sherpa)
It appears the driver did not navigate a tight turn well enough, causing the trailer to roll into a ditch, county emergency management spokesperson Amy Cloud said in an email. The driver was uninjured, Cloud said.Deputies, county public works employees and several bee experts responded to the scene. The box hives later came off the truck, and local beekeepers swarmed to help recover, restore and reset the hives, according to the sheriff’s office.
The plan is to allow the bees to return to their hives and find their queen bee in the next day or two, according to the sheriff’s office. The goal is to save as many of the bees as possible.“Thank you to the wonderful community of beekeepers: over two dozen showed up to help ensure the rescue of millions of pollinating honey bees would be as successful as possible,” the sheriff’s office post said.The public was advised to avoid the area on Friday, and sheriff’s deputies dove into in their squad cars at times to avoid being stung.
Honeybees are crucial to the food supply, pollinating over 100 crops including nuts, vegetables, berries, citrus and melons. Bees and other pollinators have been, and experts blame insecticides, parasites, disease, climate change and lack of a diverse food supply.
In 2018, the U.N. General Assembly sponsored the first “World Bee Day” on May 20 to bring
Beekeepers often transport millions of bees from one location to another because leaving them in one location for too long can deplete resources for other pollinators,The Russell 2000 is down 137.96 points, or 6.2%.
U.S. stocks closed mixed at the end of an unusually quiet week.The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% Friday and wound up with a loss of 0.5% for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite was little changed.
The relatively calm movements offered a respite after stocks whipsawed for weeks on fears about President Donald Trump’s trade war and then on hopes that he’ll relent on some of his tariffs. Treasury yields and other financial markets also held relatively steady ahead of a highly anticipated meeting on Saturday between China and the United States on trade.The S&P 500 fell 4.03 points, or 0.1%, to 5,659.91.