Bee Swarm Kills Three People

I have always known that bees could be dangerous since the time I watched "Killer Bees," the movie, many years ago. Now this story out of China reminds me of that movie. What I want to know is what were these people doing transporting bee hives? Just another point to ponder today. Here is how the story goes.

Three people were stung and killed after a truck carrying dozens of bee hives overturned in northeast China and three more were killed on the road as they tried to steer clear of the swarm, newspapers said on Thursday

The truck carrying the bee hives collided with a farm vehicle on Wednesday and overturned near Changchun, the capital of Jilin province, the China Daily said.
Pictures showed thousands of bees swarming around the accident site as workers, wearing protective clothing, cleared the debris.

The East Asia Economy and Trade News said three more people were killed hours later when two trucks collided as they tried to avoid the swarm.
There had been seven deadly accidents on the same section of road in three months, the newspaper said.