--- description: The Montana Highway Patrol cited a motorist for reckless driving a car full of bees. title: This Guy Drove Around With Thousands of Bees Flying Freely in His Car image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92f8d5f7191f0242/698852c90b72e337dc6e44aa/bees-montana.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Guy Thought It Was a Good Idea to Drive Around With Thousands of Bees Flying Freely in His Car by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 3, 2015 3:11 PM CUT  Montana Highway Patrol by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 3, 2015 3:11 PM CUT A Montana driver was [cited](http://www.upi.com/Odd%5FNews/2015/06/02/Montana-motorist-cited-for-driving-with-car-full-of-bees/1781433270174/ "undefined") for reckless driving after he was found with thousands of bees flying freely in his car. The Montana Highway Patrol troopers responded to a report on May 22 near Missoula of a “vehicle driving all over the road,” UPI reports. Police found a motorist was transporting five hives of bees that had been allowed to fly freely around the inside of the car. According to Montana’s beekeeper, the motorist’s method of transporting the bees did not require a permit, though it was “very unsafe.” The driver said the insects were “harmless” Russian honey bees. \[[_UPI_](http://www.upi.com/Odd%5FNews/2015/06/02/Montana-motorist-cited-for-driving-with-car-full-of-bees/1781433270174/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3907142/honey-bees-car/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3907142/honey-bees-car/"},"headline":"This Guy Thought It Was a Good Idea to Drive Around With Thousands of Bees Flying Freely in His Car","datePublished":"2015-06-03T15:11:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:40.861Z","description":"He was cited for reckless driving","url":"https://time.com/3907142/honey-bees-car/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Bees"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92f8d5f7191f0242/698852c90b72e337dc6e44aa/bees-montana.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92f8d5f7191f0242/698852c90b72e337dc6e44aa/bees-montana.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"bees montana","caption":"bees montana","creditText":"Montana Highway Patrol","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3907142/honey-bees-car/","name":"This Guy Thought It Was a Good Idea to Drive Around With Thousands of Bees Flying Freely in His Car"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME Explains: Why Bees Are Going Extinct","description":"The bees are dying and we're to blame. TIME's Bryan Walsh explains colony collapse disorder, and why bees are on the verge of extinction.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/dZuiDonP/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-08-07T16:59:41.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dZuiDonP.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3907142/honey-bees-car/","duration":"PT1M41S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3907142/honey-bees-car/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```