. Agri-news. Agriculture. AGDEX: 616 April 28, 1975 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BEES AND CARS - AN EXPLOSIVE SITUATION Have you ever been cruising down a main highway at 65 to 70 miles an hour when a bee suddenly exploded against your windshield, leaving a sticky mess several inches in diameter? Or have you ever been stung by a bee that was sucked into your car through your open vent window? Dr. Ulf Soehngen, supervisor of Apiculture with Alberta Agriculture, reports he has recently received a number of complaints from people about the apparent lack of concern in the past by some beekeepers about th
. Agri-news. Agriculture. AGDEX: 616 April 28, 1975 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BEES AND CARS - AN EXPLOSIVE SITUATION Have you ever been cruising down a main highway at 65 to 70 miles an hour when a bee suddenly exploded against your windshield, leaving a sticky mess several inches in diameter? Or have you ever been stung by a bee that was sucked into your car through your open vent window? Dr. Ulf Soehngen, supervisor of Apiculture with Alberta Agriculture, reports he has recently received a number of complaints from people about the apparent lack of concern in the past by some beekeepers about the possibility of honeybees flying from beeyards that are too close to the road causing accidents. Locating apiaries on high ground overlooking the road has been suggested as a way of considerably reducing this problem. The bees will then fly over the passing traffic instead of into it, except, perhaps, on a very windy day. Another suggestion has been to place bee colonies behind a screen of bush or dense trees so that the bees have to fly up before crossing the highway, or to make a barrier out of snow fencing etc. It is important to remember that there is a distinct possibility of an accident arising from low flying bees on a highway. So real is this possibility that some countries are considering legislation io restrict the location of apiaries near roads. (continued) 21 RELEASED BY THE COMMUNICATIONS BRANCH ALBERTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Communications Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Print Media Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Publishing Branch. [Edmonton] : Communications Branch, Alberta Dept. of Agriculture
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