Bee Alert: The Great Burlington Bee Spill

Bee Alert: The Great Burlington Bee Spill

Load of 5 million bees falls off truck in Burlington, Ont., police issue warning
Halton Regional Police have issued a warning on Wednesday morning after a load of five million bees fell off a truck in Burlington, Ont.

Police said the load of bees can be found along Guelph Line just north of Dundas Street.

An image from Halton police shows several beehive boxes spilled onto the side of the road.

Global News spoke to the commercial bee keeper who was driving the truck with the beehives, Tristan Jameson, who said they were doing a “hive move” from Milton when he lost control.

“I was driving down the road, something ran across, or a bag, and I swerved,” Jameson said. “Nearly swerved into the ditch, tried to correct, and dumped all the hives.”

Jameson said it happened around 5 a.m. to 6 a.m.

He also said the bees are taking an “orientation flight” to try to figure out where they are as they’ve lost sight of where their home is.

“Right now there is a ton of bees just all over the place,” Jameson said. “We’re waiting for them to calm down, relax, and come back to the hive and hopefully get as many bees out of here as safely as possible.”