LYNDEN, Wash. — Emergency officials have been busy as … well, you know, cleaning up after a commercial truck full of bee hives crashed in northern Washington, unleashing 250 million bees on first responders.

The truck overturned on Weidkamp Road around 4 a.m. Friday near Lynden, just south of the Canadian border, according to the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office .

A massive response of deputies, public works officials and several bee experts were called to the scene.

The 70,000 pounds of honey bee hives on board came off the truck around 9 a.m., unleashing all the bees, deputies said.

“250 million bees are now loose,” Whatcom County Sheriff’s deputies posted on Facebook. “AVOID THE AREA due to the potential of bee escape and swarming.”

A photo from the scene showed the surreal sigh

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