12 Million Bees Swarm Canadian Highway

ST. LEONARD, Canada (AP) -- Twelve million honey bees havebeen released onto Canada's largest highway in northwest New Brunswickafter a transport truck overturned.

Royal Canadian MountedPolice said Monday that a truck carrying 330 crates of bees wastraveling on a ramp on the highway when the load shifted and the truckoverturned shortly after 1000 GMT.

Police said a downpour of rain has helped to contain the bees in and around the truck.

Bee experts from Agriculture Canada were called in to help deal with the accident.