?Hello All,
I was asked to comment on the wreck.
A.H. Meyers makes semi truck nets. Most likely why the netting was cut and
each hive removed through a hole in the net. My netting is Meyers.

This is the old way bee truck wrecks are worked if the load is intact and
simply laid on its side.

The best way today is to locate a wrecker company with portable air bags.
Leave the wreck sit until the bags arrive and place under the side on the
ground and upright the trailer. Will work with a properly strapped load most
of the time.

These bees were contained under the netting.

In a wreck years back on the Pennsylvania turnpike the highway patrol was
informed such a wrecker was enroute but a highway patrol officer ordered the
hives killed about an hour before the wrecker arrived. Needless to say the
owner of the hives was pissed.

448 hives represent a sizable investment for a beekeeper. When a wreck
happens on a freeway once the driver is safe a perimeter needs set up and
then the job turned over to beekeepers. Although truck wrecks are rare they
do happen and when they do the best people to decide a course of action are
the beekeepers working the wreck.

With insurance today ( yes most loads are insured) many beekeepers will not
attempt to drive several days to work the wreck. They will if close to the
wreck. I was involved when Bell Hill Honey bought the overturned Texas semi 
load
of bees outside of Kansas City a few years ago. The wreck was all over the
news. Took several days to clean up. A  cheap bid was given the insurance
company for the hives and quickly excepted. We actually believe the hives
could have been picked up for simply doing the cleanup but an offer was made
and accepted.

So.

If a wreck occurs near you you might go to the wreck and ask if an insurance
company is involved or a commercial beekeeper. If an insurance company you
might get some cheap or free hives.

method.

remove the best equipment first . reason being many times the insurance
company will think the process is taking too long and will kill the rest of
the hives and load the hives in huge dumpsters for a land fill.

If a commercial beekeeper he most likely will offer to pay for your help and
also give you hives which are damaged to much to travel. Good experience
working a truck wreck.

bob

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