Bees Falling Off of Truck
Buzzing off

Monicalian Mawi

September 14, 2023

In Dundas Street, Burlington, Ontario, Canada a police call at 6:15 a.m. was made to Halton Regional Police reporting crates loads of bees around 5 million had escaped from a truck and saw swarmed on the street. 

Police advised the drivers there to keep their windows closed and people to avoid the area, a man named Ryan Anderson who was there during the incident said "Quite the scene" and added that "Crates were literally on the road and swarms of bees were flying around,"

The police went to social media to see if any beekeepers were available to help after the original one got stung, Ryan also said. A couple of beekeepers reached out to the police station after the post asking if could be of any service.

Around 3 hours later at 9:15 the beekeepers gathered the majority of the bees and were moved away. They left a couple of crates for the bees who did not get put back to return to it on their own.