Swarmed sedan A driver near Missoula, Mont., on May 22 had some unruly passengers who were distract- ing him-thousands of them. The unidentified driver was transporting five hives of Russian honeybees inside the cabin of his red sedan. Montana Highway Patrol officers pulled him over, and the driver explained his erratic driving by saying the hives had fallen over causing thousands of bees to swarm all around the cabin of the car. The officers issued the driver a reckless driving citation but nothing more: A call to the state apiarist found that while the motorist's unorthodox method of transporting bees was manifestly unsafe, he didn't need a permit to do it.