Man Drives Truck for 65 Kilometers With 3000 Lose Bees Inside, Takes a Video and Jokes About It!
Mr. Leatherwood is a bee enthusiast and needed no bee suit, although what he did was quite dangerous. In his video too, he looked all calm.
A beekeeper who was transporting a swarm of bees had a tense trip when 3,000 bees escaped from their container. And what is interesting is the driver did not get stung even once in the process. Beekeeper Wallace Leatherwood, who works as a builder, had bought about 18,000 bees from Wild Mountain Bees. He was transporting them home to Waynesville, North Carolina. He had left them in his vehicle. When he stopped at a restaurant, he moved three boxes into the cab of his truck. And when he came back to it, he found that one of the boxes had open and the bees were all out.
Now Mr. Leatherwood could not even afford to lose the bees. "I didn't want to lose my bees. They were $US165 [per box]," he said. The idea of having to drive miles when there are these buzzing creatures around would have freaked someone out to a good measure, but not Leatherwood. He was undeterred and continued to drive. He even captured the scene in a video.
Take a look at Mr. Leatherwood's video while his truck had all the bees lose:
Mr. Leatherwood is a bee enthusiast and needed no bee suit, although what he did was quite dangerous. In his video too, he looked all calm. He is heard saying, "The girls are out, we've got a problem. Houston, we have a problem!" He then stopped at his son's place and Brandon Singleton, who works with Leatherwood's son, shot video of the bees in the truck.
When the video was posted on Twitter, people were definitely amused and had some jokes as well! Some scared at the thought of it and some just lauding the man for his calmness in the situation.
The most common thing to do, if it'd be me and you!
Mr. Leatherwood is perfect for this GIF
He is proving to be an inspiration
There were many others who were just scared at the thought of driving down with a swarm of bees in the back.
Well, what this man did is sure impressive. We tend to lose our concentrations when we spot even one bee or an insect. Wallace Leatherwood, is almost a star for all of us now.
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