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‘Knee-high’ swarm of mayflies causes bridge in Iowa to close
It took snow plows to clear an Iowa bridge of the unending swarm of mayflies that covered and eventually closed the bridge on July 18. Sabula Police Reserve Officer Stephen Thayer told WQAD that the bugs were piled knee-high in front of cars trying to pass by during the night. The plague-like swarm even caused two […]
July 27, 2015
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Bees on backhoe a buzzkill at Toronto construction site
Construction workers at Toronto’s Union Station experienced an odd disruption Wednesday when a colony of urban honey bees swarmed their jobsite, according to The Toronto Star. Thousands of bees swarmed the site, where a revitalization of the century-old Toronto subway station is underway, before settling on a backhoe. Toronto Transit Commission spokesman Brad Ross said […]
June 27, 2013
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