A truck driver hauling honeybees called on firefighters to help him with the insects as he tried to change a flat tire. 

The incident happened on Friday, May 16th, in Gaston, North Carolina on Interstate 95. 

According to CBS 17, the tractor trailer was hauling 130 pallets of bee hives when the rig got a flat tire in Northhampton County in 80 degree weather. As the trucker went to change the tire, he realized the honeybees were becoming agitated in the heat, and called firefighters to help cool the insects down. 

“In order for the flat tire to be replaced, the bees had to be calmed down and that is where our part came in,” Gaston Fire and Rescue wrote in a Facebook post. 

“We used bursts of water in a fog pattern to help cool the hives, which in turn calmed the bees,” the post continued. 

The truck driver was able to change the flat tire on the tractor trailer once the bees were calmer and cooler. 

No one was hurt in the incident, and the bees were able to complete their journey to New York for the summer.