Drunk on smoke: Notre Dame's bees survive cathedral blaze

Drunk on smoke: Notre Dame's bees survive cathedral blaze

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PARIS (AP) — Hunkered down in their hives and drunk on smoke, Notre Dame's smallest official residents — some 180,000 bees — somehow managed to survive the inferno that consumed the cathedral's ancient wooden roof.

Confounding officials who thought they had perished, the bees clung to life, protecting their queen.

Drunk on smoke: Notre Dame's bees survive cathedral blaze

Apr 19, 2019, 2:21pm UTC
https://apnews.com/a5415871628a45aa959268a93c32ed13 > PARIS (AP) — Hunkered down in their hives and drunk on smoke, Notre Dame's smallest official residents — some 180,000 bees — somehow managed to survive the inferno that consumed the cathedral's ancient wooden roof. > Confounding officials who thought they had perished, the bees clung to life, protecting their queen.