5 million bees swarm Ontario road after beehive truck mishap
Ontario, Canada, were faced with a frantic situation when approximately five million bees were accidentally released when a truck carrying crates of beehives fell on a Burlington roadway.
The mishap occurred when the straps securing the beehive crates became loose, leading to a ‘bee spill’ on the morning of August 30.
The incident occurred in Burlington during the shift of Halton Regional Police Constable Ryan Anderson, who reported receiving a distress call soon after 6 a.m.
Local law enforcement responded by issuing a social media alert advising residents and drivers to avoid the area. Thankfully, the local community came to the rescue, with perhaps six or seven beekeepers offering to assist retrieve and protect the displaced bees.
«Within a couple of hours,» Anderson said, «the majority of the bees had been safely returned to their hives within the crates and were loaded back onto the trailer.»
Michael Barber, proprietor of Tri-City Bee Rescue in Guelph, was among the volunteers who responded to a call from the police at 7 a.m.
to aid with the bee rescue effort. He said that the honeybees had been transferred after pollination.
As reported by CNN, Barber shared the information with them over a telephonic conversation and provided further details about the incident, stating, «There were probably about 40 hives on the trailer, and about 20 of the hives tipped off of the trailer because [the driver] was trying to avoid hitting a deer.
