Suddenly, "Do Not Spray When Bees Are Flying" was made crystal clear to at
least one crop duster!



Bee blamed for causing minor helicopter crash

The Associated Press 
July 14, 2008

WISCONSIN RAPIDS - Wood County authorities say the pilot of a crop-dusting
helicopter crashed after a bee got sucked into the cockpit and stung him.

Deputy Ted Ashbeck says the chopper was only four feet off the ground, and
the pilot was unhurt when the tail rotor smashed into the ground Friday.

Ashbeck says the pilot was spraying a cranberry marsh, where beehives are
set up to promote pollination. As the helicopter flew above the hives, at
least 
one bee was sucked inside.

Sixty-five-year-old Terry Solf of Aline, Oklahoma told investigators the bee
stung him, diverting his attention just long enough for him to crash. No one
else was aboard.

Solf says he's flown helicopters for more than 30 years.

Ashbeck says the chopper was "pretty banged up."


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