5 Million Bees Fall Off Truck, Drivers Told to Keep Windows Closed: Halton Police

5 Million Bees Fall Off Truck, Drivers Told to Keep Windows Closed: Halton Police
A bee gathers pollen from a flower in a Montreal park on July 30, 2019. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson
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Local beekeepers were thanked by police west of Toronto for springing into action Wednesday morning after a truck spilled crates carrying five million bees onto a road.

Halton Regional Police said they received a call around 6:15 a.m. Wednesday reporting the bee crates had come loose from a truck and spilled onto Guelph Line north of Dundas Street in Burlington, Ont.