A semitrailer carrying 408 honeybee hives tipped over on a narrow corner in a rural Texas neighborhood, and a beekeeper on the scene expects only about a quarter of those colonies to survive

On a Sunday morning in June, a semitrailer eases into a sleepy neighborhood in Orange County, Texas, hauling a flatbed stacked with wooden hive boxes. The driver has taken a wrong turn and needs only one tight corner to get back out. The trailer cannot make it. As it rolls onto its side the boxes ... Read more