Millions of bees on their way to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are safe after members of the Green Bay Metro Fire Department came to the aid of a company hauling them and their hives Saturday afternoon.
According to Battalion Chief Eric Jeltema, crews were called to the parking lot of Rivera Lanes off of University Avenue shortly before 1:30 p.m.
That’s where they found Bee Friends Farm, hauling roughly 7,000,000 bees from Florida to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan - however, a tire on the truck had blown while on the way north.
Jeltema says a total of five firefighters were at the scene, and sprayed water from a hose in the general direction of the hives - just enough water to create a mist. He says the firefighters didn’t want to fully soak the hives.