Kicker: Sting operation

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NICK EICHER, HOST: Maybe you’re in a traffic jam, but it can’t compare to this sticky situation.

Up in Lynden, Washington, a semi hauling 70-thousand pounds of pollinator property beelined for a ditch and toppled over—unleashing about 250 million honeybees. Suddenly, a quiet farm road became the state’s biggest flight delay.

Local beekeepers suited up, boxed the battered hives, and set them upright so the worker-bees can sniff out home base and hustle back to their queens.

No word on injuries—unless you count sheriff’s deputies sheltering in cruisers to avoid an impromptu sting operation.

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