PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 14, 2024
A passenger vehicle rear-ended a tractor-trailer hauling honeybees north on the Maine Turnpike between the Kennebunk and Biddeford exits on Tuesday. The car was burning when crews arrived, but there were no serious injuries to anyone. Firefighters simulated a rainstorm to calm the agitated bees and get them to return to the hive. “No honeybees were harmed by our response.” Last Thursday, a tractor-trailer carrying 15 million bees rolled over on Interstate 95 in Clinton, injuring the driver of the truck but leaving the bees largely unharmed and contained.