MAURICEVILLE, Texas (KBTX/Gray News) - Nearly 2 million bees escaped Sunday after a semitruck hauling beehives overturned in a rural part of southeast Texas.

Photos shared online by Christie Ray of Queen Bee Supply show beekeepers and first responders working together to secure the area where the crash happened.

Photos shared online by Christie Ray of Queen Bee Supply show beekeepers and first responders working together to secure the area where the crash happened.(Queen Bee Supply)Orange County Emergency Services District 4 shared posts on Facebook warning residents to stay indoors as crews worked to load the beehives onto other transport trucks.