{"id":4708,"date":"2026-06-22T11:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/millions-of-bees-terrify-tourists-in-montana\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T11:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:04:34","slug":"millions-of-bees-terrify-tourists-in-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/millions-of-bees-terrify-tourists-in-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions of bees terrify tourists in Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-06-22 11:04:31<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>An estimated 250 million bees swarmed an area close to Yellowstone National Park after a truck carrying their hives overturned.<BR><br \/>\nThe vehicle was transporting the bees  along US Highway 191  in Montana on Tuesday when the truck crashed and overturned, scattering the bee hives across a quarter of a mile along the road and letting their inhabitants loose.<BR><br \/>\nThe crash happened close to the tourist trap of Yellowstone National Park and officials raced to the scene in a bid to clear the crash and contain the bees. Reports suggest a Gallatin County sheriff&#8217;s deputy suffered nine bee stings while directing traffic around the crash scene.<BR><br \/>\nDalton Broadus of West Yellowstone drove past the scene and he told the Cowboy State Daily the bees began swarming his car as he slowed down to see what was going on.<BR><br \/>\nJames Peterson, dispatch manager for Eaton Road Solutions, told the publication it&#8217;s the second time in 15 years that emergency workers have been called in to deal with a bee crisis, saying: &#8220;We\u2019ve been working one-on-one with the company [that owns the hives] and they\u2019re trying to save what they can.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;We haven\u2019t dealt much with bees. This was our second bee call in 15 years, and we still have the beekeeping suits we got for the first call.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nVideo footage from the scene shows boxes of beehives scattered across the road and every box could contain between 75,000 and 125,000 bees.<BR><br \/>\nBeekeeper Michael Jordan told the outlet: &#8220;There could be up to 1,000 of those boxes in one load. The first four hours are critical &#8230; &#8220;<BR><br \/>\nHe went on to explain the clean-up could be complicated by the fact the crash happened so close to one of America&#8217;s best-known national parks which is visited by almost five million tourists every year.<BR><br \/>\nJourdan added: &#8220;When your boat sinks in Glendale Lake, they charge you for littering, not to mention salvage.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;It\u2019s going to be a pretty big loss, and that\u2019s just the property damage. The owners will need approval from the insurance companies, and then there\u2019s whatever liability the trucking company will have with the NPS. If the mitigation takes too long, they [the beekeeping company] could lose everything.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-06-22 11:04:31 An estimated 250 million bees swarmed an area close to Yellowstone National Park after a truck carrying their hives overturned. 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