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New Yorkers can no longer enjoy scorching hot summers in peace, thanks to a few (hundred) bee "enthusiasts."

Honey bee keeping was outlawed for ten years but the ban was lifted in 2010

Now everyone and their mom decided to be amateur beekeepers.

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A group of commercial beekeepers has filed a petition to ask the EPA to regulate the use of a pesticide that has proved toxic to honey bees.

These chemicals kill certain insects but are supposed to leave the good ones (in this case bees) unharmed.

But what happened is the poison can lead to a weakened immune system in the bees, which could contribute to colony collapse disorder.

Colony collapse disorder is where all the adult honeybees in a colony suddenly die or disappear.

Other countries have already banned these types of insecticides.

A professor of entomology (bug doctor) said:

"The EPA admits that their testing has not been adequate to determine the impact of this chemical on bees and pollinators."

So maybe it's time for the EPA takes another look at the pesticides they allow to be used.

The bees are vital to over one-third of all of America's crops.

Save the bees!

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Silly Beez! What you doin' gettin' all up in that car!?

Tennessee man Tommy Hill got a swarm surprise when he found his car had been turned into a giant bee hive.

Not wanting to kill the little creatures, Hill tried a speedy method thinking that if he could drive fast enough on the highway, the bees would naturally fall away…

Tags: bees, car, news, swarm, tennessee, video

Honey bees are not the mindless drones we think of when we think of bees.

The University of Illinois conducted a personality study on bees and found they can be everything from very outgoing to lazy!

They studied their brains and their "thrill seeking" and found that

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In southern Utah, an 18-wheeler overturned, releasing its cargo… millions of bees!!

25 million to be exact.

Officials closed down the road as the angry swarms of millions of bees flew around the interstate.

Even though the driver and passenger of the truck and several emergency responders on the scene were stung, no one was seriously injured.

Beekeepers were eventually brought in to help.

They took the boxes that housed the bee colonies and set them out. One beekeeper said:

"A lot of bees will go back in. After dark they don't fly, they just crawl around."

They are estimating about two-thirds of the 25 million bees were recovered.

The rest are going to stay around the same stretch of highway for a week or so before dispersing, so motorists on I-15 in southern Utah are being told to keep their windows shut.

Last thing you need while driving is a couple million bees flying into your car.

[Image via WENN.]

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Four people were hospitalized after being attacked by bees.

The swarm of 60,000 bees (omg!) were attacking a man in a wheel chair!

Three people ran in to help him and were able to rescue him, but they also ended up in the hospital.

Check out the above video for more details.

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Holy hell!

If we were stung like this guy, we'd be done for — and we are no where near 95 years old!

"A pissed off swarm of Africanized honey bees attacked a 95-year-old man in California yesterday, stinging him hundreds of times. A police sergeant told the LAT, "Most men would have died, but he's taking it in stride."

That gives us the creepy crawlies, and also an inferiority complex.

Hope you feel better, sir! Not sure you'll ever have to pay for a beer again!

[Image via AP Images.]

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