Canada: Truck spills 5 million bees, police warn drivers to close windows in Ontario
livemint.comAlso read: Malaysia National Day 2023: Google Doodle celebrates Hari Merdeka It was “quite the scene," Const. Ryan Anderson said. “Crates were literally on the road and swarms of bees were flying around," he said.
“The initial beekeeper that was on scene was apparently stung a few times." The scene prompted police to warn drivers to close their windows as they passed by and for pedestrians to avoid the area. Also read: Canada attracts over 15,000 Indian tech professionals in just 12 months About an hour after police put out a notice on social media, several beekeepers were in touch with police offering to help. Six or seven beekeepers eventually arrived at the scene, Anderson said.
By around 9:15 am, police said most of the five million bees had been safely collected and the crates were being hauled away. Some crates had been left behind for the uncollected bees to return to them on their own. A colony of honeybees in summer has around 50,000 to 80,000 bees, according to the Canadian Honey Council, a national association of beekeepers.
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