5 million bees fall off a truck near Toronto; drivers asked to close windows

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/31/1196941707/5-million-bees-fall-off-a-truck-near-toronto-and-drivers-are-asked-to-close-wind

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Elephant0991@lemmy.bleh.au · 27 pts · 2y

Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Asked? You'd think you wouldn't have to ask. Surely we can expect people to do the absolute minimum to protect themselves from an airborne health hazard.

zepheriths@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

My brother are you familiar with people?

rockerface@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 2y

Oh God, NOT THE BEES!

yimby@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 2y (3 replies)

TIL a 1.5 hour drive away from Toronto is "just West of Toronto".

FFbob@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

My understanding is that is commuter distance to affordable living up there in Canada

DoomBot5@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

It's almost to the US border.

jsdz@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
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RobotToaster@infosec.pub · 8 pts · 2y

That's, like, over 9000 bees.

Badass_panda@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Bees?

Okokimup@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Bees!

not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Eddie Izzard could not be reached for comment.

cloudless@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 2y

Can't wait to see the videos on youtube.

moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y

I read that as if the bees were in the truck cabin and that was why they asked to close the windows