ORANGE COUNTY, Texas - A Texas neighborhood was placed on lockdown after an 18-wheeler carrying up to two million honeybees overturned, unleashing massive swarms across the area, authorities said.

What we know: The crash happened Sunday, June 21, when the commercial truck carrying 406 hives lost control and flipped into a ditch in Mauriceville, an unincorporated community in Orange County near the Louisiana border.

Each hive had between 60,000 and 80,000 bees.