Over two dozen beekeepers have shown up to rescue as many hive boxes as possible, and most bees are expected to return home by Saturday.
No stray honey for the Valley
‘Millions of bees’ may sound like a lot to catch within 48 hours, but Langley Bee Club President Bryn Jones told Fraser Valley Today the incident likely won’t affect the local environment all that much.
“When things settle down at night, they like to go home to their queen or a box of some sort that looks familiar,” said Jones. “So I’m betting that the beekeepers down there will be setting up hives, and then when the bees all settle down at night, they’ll move them out.”
Jones added that stray bees should linger around the roll-over site, though they’ll be unhappy about losing their home.
“Typically, when these crashes happen, the boxes get broken a bit, but most of the bugs survive, so they’ll be able to …