Local beekeeper analyzes the great bee-scape after 14 million bees got loose

Highlights - The Jake Skorheim & Spike O'Neill Show

Local beekeeper analyzes the great bee-scape after 14 million bees got loose

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Published on Jun 3, 2025, 1:13:12 PM
Total time: 00:15:01

Episode Description

A truck carrying hives of bees overturned near the Canadian border late last week, unleashing approximately 14 million honeybees onto the road and surrounding areas.

"If you're a local beekeeper, or an apiarist, or whatever you are, and somebody calls you and says, 'Hey, we've got a huge spill,' that's your shining moment," KIRO host Jake Skorheim said. "You've got to show up to something like that. You've got to go help the local authorities, because cops are not made to hunt for bees."

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Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill host The Jake and Spike Show on KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM.